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public class List
   extends Component
      implements ItemSelectable, Accessible

package com.adglob.gui;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class AwtControlDemo {

   private Frame mainFrame;
   private Label headerLabel;
   private Label statusLabel;
   private Panel controlPanel;

   public AwtControlDemo(){
      prepareGUI();
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){
      AwtControlDemo  awtControlDemo = new AwtControlDemo();
      awtControlDemo.showListDemo();
   }

   private void prepareGUI(){
      mainFrame = new Frame("Java AWT Examples");
      mainFrame.setSize(400,400);
      mainFrame.setLayout(new GridLayout(3, 1));
      mainFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent){
            System.exit(0);
         }        
      });    
      headerLabel = new Label();
      headerLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel = new Label();        
      statusLabel.setAlignment(Label.CENTER);
      statusLabel.setSize(350,100);

      controlPanel = new Panel();
      controlPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());

      mainFrame.add(headerLabel);
      mainFrame.add(controlPanel);
      mainFrame.add(statusLabel);
      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }

   private void showListDemo(){                                       

      headerLabel.setText("Control in action: List"); 
      final List fruitList = new List(4,false);

      fruitList.add("Apple");
      fruitList.add("Grapes");
      fruitList.add("Mango");
      fruitList.add("Peer");

      final List vegetableList = new List(4,true);
   
      vegetableList.add("Lady Finger");
      vegetableList.add("Onion");
      vegetableList.add("Potato");
      vegetableList.add("Tomato");

      Button showButton = new Button("Show");

      showButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {     
            String data = "Fruits Selected: " 
               + fruitList.getItem(fruitList.getSelectedIndex());
            data += ", Vegetables selected: ";
            for(String vegetable:vegetableList.getSelectedItems()){
               data += vegetable + " ";
            }
            statusLabel.setText(data);
         }
      }); 

      controlPanel.add(fruitList);
      controlPanel.add(vegetableList);
      controlPanel.add(showButton);

      mainFrame.setVisible(true);  
   }
}

D:\AWT>javac com\adglob\gui\AwtControlDemo.java

D:\AWT>java com.adglob.gui.AwtControlDemo