Java: Get Selected JRadioButton From ButtonGroup

The easiest and best way to get which JRadioButton got selected is to place them in a ButtonGroup object. This way, a group of JRadioButtons can be isolated from other group(s) of JRadioButtons and can easily be accessed.

The method below does the trick.

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public static JRadioButton getSelection(ButtonGroup group) {
	for (Enumeration e=group.getElements(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
	   JRadioButton b = (JRadioButton)e.nextElement();
	   if (b.getModel() == group.getSelection()) {
	       return b;
	   }
	}
	return null;
}