How to print out the String value from a JList

Question

I have a JList which is a list of names and I want to print out any item that I select from the list. It sounds simple but I do not know how to do it. Here is my code:

final DefaultListModel<String> myNamesList = new DefaultListModel<String>();
final JList list = new JList(myNamesList);

final Object chosenName = list.getSelectedValue();

list.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener(){

    public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {        
    System.out.println(chosenName);
    }
});

Answer 1

Make sure the Object chosenName = list.getSelectedValue(); line is within the valueChanged() method. Otherwise it will always be the initial selected value.