The SelectOption class represents an option in an HTML SelectFormElement. You use the option form element in a select form.
Methods are provided that you can use to retrieve and set attributes within a SelectOption. For instance, you can set whether the option defaults to being selected. You can also set the input value it will use when the form is submitted.
The following example creates three SelectOption objects within a select form. Each of the following SelectOption objects are highlighted. They are named option1, option2 and option3. The option3 object is initially selected.
SelectFormElement list = new SelectFormElement("list1");
SelectOption option1 = list.addOption("Option1", "opt1");
SelectOption option2 = list.addOption("Option2", "opt2", false);
SelectOption option3 = new SelectOption("Option3", "opt3", true);
list.addOption(option3);
System.out.println(list.getTag());
The above code example produces the following HTML tag:
<select name="list1">
<option value="opt1">Option1</option>
<option value="opt2">Option2</option>
<option value="opt3" selected="selected">Option3</option>
</select>