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# Java: JOptionPane - More Dialogs

Here are some more useful static methods from `javax.swing.JOptionPane` that allow you to ask the user to indicate a choice.

Value | Method call
`response =` | `JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(component, text);`
`response =` | `JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(component, message, title, optionType, messType, icon, options, initVal);`

## Example

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    // File: joptionpane-example/JOptionPaneTest2.java
    // Description: JOptionPanes with options.
    // Author: Fred Swartz
    // Date:   31 Jan 2005

    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

    public class JOptionPaneTest2 {
        public static void main(String[] args) {

            String[]  choices = {"Democratic", "Republican", "None of your business"};
            int doAgain;

            do {
                int response = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(
                     null                       // center over parent
                   , "How did you vote?"        // message
                   , "Party Poll"               // title in titlebar
                   , JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION  // Option type
                   , JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE  // messageType
                   , null                       // icon
                   , choices                    // Options
                   , "None of your business"    // initial value
                );

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Response = " + response);

                doAgain = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Again?");
            } while (doAgain == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION);

            System.exit(0);
        }
    }

## Notes

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  This defines an array of strings that will be displayed as possible choices.
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  | Returns an int value identifying which of the String array of options was chosen. Note that the array element numbering starts with zero, not one.

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  | Simple message dialog. The value two indicated that the "None of your business" choice was made by the user.

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  | Asks a yes/no/cancel question. Returns one of these values: JOptionPane.YES_OPTION JOptionPane.NO_OPTION JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION JOptionPane.CLOSED_OPTION Dialog box was closed. Usually treated like CANCEL_OPTION.