private Student getSelectedIndex(String action) { try { Student selectedStudent = (Student) studentsComboBox.getSelectedItem(); if (0 == JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog( null, "Are you sure you want to " + action.toLowerCase() + selectedStudent.toString(), action.toUpperCase(), JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION)) { return selectedStudent; } } catch (ClassCastException e) { MainWindow.showMessageWindow("No registered Students", action.toUpperCase()); } return null; }