🚀 go-pugleaf

hi i have some problems finding the appropriate datatype for the task i
want my applet to do. i get pairs of two values from a DB-table (
"item_id" and "item_name"). I display the names in a JList-Component via
a DefaultListModel-Class.

Now I want to give the user the opportunity to select one or more names
from the ListBox and start doing something with the Items, based on
their ID ( not the index in the List, but the DB-id I got in the
beginning. Is there an elegant way to store the both values TOGETHER,
and may be pass the names to the ListBox ? So what i would need to do
is, somehow keep the association between the string in the list box and
it's original item_id in the database.

I was working with Delphi a lot, so my thoughts are inspired by Delphis
helper-Classes, providing listtypes that have methods like .isInList(
Key : String ... ) : Bool. I am very new to Java and don't have an indea
of all the classes out there in the JDK, so I would be happy for anny
suggestion about selecting the right types for my problem .

Hope I could make myself clear ...

Regards

Markward Schubert