Wrap the values in a class and override the toString()
method.
class ComboItem
{
private String key;
private String value;
public ComboItem(String key, String value)
{
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
}
@Override
public String toString()
{
return key;
}
public String getKey()
{
return key;
}
public String getValue()
{
return value;
}
}
Add the ComboItem to your comboBox.
comboBox.addItem(new ComboItem("Visible String 1", "Value 1"));
comboBox.addItem(new ComboItem("Visible String 2", "Value 2"));
comboBox.addItem(new ComboItem("Visible String 3", "Value 3"));
Whenever you get the selected item.
Object item = comboBox.getSelectedItem();
String value = ((ComboItem)item).getValue();