Autocomplete ComboBox With ID and Value Pair Using Javafx
<p>I have tried the below code to create an autocomplete combobox with ID and Value. It's working fine when i select any value using mouse event. But with Key Event it is showing error </p>

<pre><code>Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to demo.Demo$Employee
at demo.Demo$1.changed(Demo.java:34) 
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<p>Code: AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.java</p>

<pre><code>package demo;

import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;

public class AutoCompleteComboBoxListener&lt;T&gt; implements EventHandler&lt;KeyEvent&gt; {

    private ComboBox comboBox;
    private StringBuilder sb;
    private ObservableList&lt;T&gt; data;
    private boolean moveCaretToPos = false;
    private int caretPos;

    public AutoCompleteComboBoxListener(final ComboBox comboBox) {
        this.comboBox = comboBox;
        sb = new StringBuilder();
        data = comboBox.getItems();

        this.comboBox.setEditable(true);
        this.comboBox.setOnKeyPressed(new EventHandler&lt;KeyEvent&gt;() {

            @Override
            public void handle(KeyEvent t) {
                comboBox.hide();
            }
        });
        this.comboBox.setOnKeyReleased(AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this);
    }

    @Override
    public void handle(KeyEvent event) {

        if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.UP) {
            caretPos = -1;
            moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
            return;
        } else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DOWN) {
            if(!comboBox.isShowing()) {
                comboBox.show();
            }
            caretPos = -1;
            moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
            return;
        } else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.BACK_SPACE) {
            moveCaretToPos = true;
            caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
        } else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DELETE) {
            moveCaretToPos = true;
            caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
        }

        if (event.getCode() == KeyCode.RIGHT || event.getCode() == KeyCode.LEFT
                || event.isControlDown() || event.getCode() == KeyCode.HOME
                || event.getCode() == KeyCode.END || event.getCode() == KeyCode.TAB) {
            return;
        }

        ObservableList list = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
        for (int i=0; i&lt;data.size(); i++) {
            if(data.get(i).toString().toLowerCase().startsWith(
                AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this.comboBox
                .getEditor().getText().toLowerCase())) {
                list.add(data.get(i));
            }
        }
        String t = comboBox.getEditor().getText();

        comboBox.setItems(list);
        comboBox.getEditor().setText(t);
        if(!moveCaretToPos) {
            caretPos = -1;
        }
        moveCaret(t.length());
        if(!list.isEmpty()) {
            comboBox.show();
        }
    }

    private void moveCaret(int textLength) {
        if(caretPos == -1) {
            comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(textLength);
        } else {
            comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(caretPos);
        }
        moveCaretToPos = false;
    }

}
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<p>Code: Demo.java</p>

<pre><code>package demo;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**
 *
 * @author vikassingh
 */
public class Demo extends Application {

    private final ObservableList&lt;Employee&gt; data
            = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
                    new Employee("Azamat", 2200.15),
                    new Employee("Veli", 1400.0),
                    new Employee("Nurbek", 900.5));

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        ComboBox&lt;Employee&gt; combobox = new ComboBox&lt;&gt;(data);
        new AutoCompleteComboBoxListener&lt;&gt;(combobox);
        combobox.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener&lt;Employee&gt;() {

            @Override
            public void changed(ObservableValue&lt;? extends Employee&gt; arg0, Employee arg1, Employee arg2) {
                if (arg2 != null) {
                    System.out.println("Selected employee: " + arg2.getName());
                    System.out.println("Salary: " + arg2.getSalary());
                }
            }
        });
        StackPane root = new StackPane();
        root.getChildren().add(combobox);
        primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 300, 250));
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    public static class Employee {

        private String name;
        private Double salary;

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return name;
        }

        public Employee(String name, Double salary) {
            this.name = name;
            this.salary = salary;
        }

        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        public void setName(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }

        public Double getSalary() {
            return salary;
        }

        public void setSalary(Double salary) {
            this.salary = salary;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}
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