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JTable update ColumnNames

I am using AbstractTableModel.
I have used the code provided from this website(http://www.javalobby.org/articles/jtable/?source=archives) to auto generate new rows for the JTable when JTable reaches on last row.
Its working fine but I am not able to update the column names anymore when user clicks a button. So I have to remove auto generate row feature to update column names.
As far as I understand the code from the website, Its using a hidden column as a trigger to create new row. InteractiveTableModelListener is disabling something which I don't understand how to change/edit it?
How could I solve this?
Thanks for your time!!

This is a simple example of how it might be possible to provide "auto add at end" functionality
Basically, what this does is maps custom key bindings to provide customised key board navigation, in this example, this includes Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Left, Right, Up, Down which allows the ability to determine what should happen when these keys are pressed.
Mostly, Tab, Enter, Left, Up, Down are most relevant, I just added the others in as an example and to maintain consistency.
A feature that might be slightly more useful would be to provide a "row factory" which would be capable of producing the required data for a new blank row, instead of just inserting a bunch of nulls, or at least I would find it useful.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
public class TestTable {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new TestTable();
}
public TestTable() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
MutableDefaultTableModel model = new MutableDefaultTableModel(4, 4);
JTable table = new JTable(model);
KeyStroke tabKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke shiftTabKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, KeyEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK);
KeyStroke enterKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
KeyStroke arrowLeftKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0);
KeyStroke arrowRightKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0);
KeyStroke arrowDownKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0);
KeyStroke arrowUpKey = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0);
InputMap im = table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
im.put(tabKey, "nextCell");
im.put(enterKey, "nextCell");
im.put(arrowRightKey, "nextCell");
im.put(shiftTabKey, "previousCell");
im.put(arrowLeftKey, "previousCell");
im.put(arrowDownKey, "nextRow");
im.put(arrowUpKey, "previousRow");
ActionMap am = table.getActionMap();
am.put("nextCell", new NextCellAction(table, model));
am.put("previousCell", new PreviousCellAction(table, model));
am.put("nextRow", new NextRowAction(table, model));
am.put("previousRow", new PreviousRowAction(table, model));
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JScrollPane(table));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class MutableDefaultTableModel extends DefaultTableModel implements MutableTableModel {
public MutableDefaultTableModel(int rows, int cols) {
super(rows, cols);
}
#Override
public void insertNewRow(int row) {
Object[] rowData = new Object[getColumnCount()];
if (row < getRowCount()) {
insertRow(row, rowData);
} else {
addRow(rowData);
}
}
}
public interface MutableTableModel extends TableModel {
public void insertNewRow(int row);
}
public abstract class AbstractTableAction extends AbstractAction {
private JTable table;
private MutableTableModel model;
private boolean forceStopEditing;
public AbstractTableAction(JTable table, MutableTableModel model) {
this.table = table;
this.model = model;
}
public MutableTableModel getModel() {
return model;
}
public JTable getTable() {
return table;
}
public boolean isForceStopEditing() {
return forceStopEditing;
}
public void setForceStopEditing(boolean forceStopEditing) {
this.forceStopEditing = forceStopEditing;
}
public void stopCellEditing() {
TableCellEditor editor = getTable().getCellEditor();
if (editor != null) {
if (!editor.stopCellEditing() && isForceStopEditing()) {
editor.cancelCellEditing();
}
}
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
JTable table = getTable();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int col = table.getSelectedColumn();
int rowCount = table.getRowCount();
int colCount = table.getColumnCount();
stopCellEditing();
int cell[] = updateCellCoordinates(row, col);
row = cell[0];
col = cell[1];
if (col < 0) {
col = colCount - 1;
row--;
} else if (col >= colCount) {
col = 0;
row++;
}
if (row < 0) {
row = 0;
} else if (row >= rowCount) {
getModel().insertNewRow(row);
}
table.setRowSelectionInterval(row, row);
table.setColumnSelectionInterval(col, col);
}
protected abstract int[] updateCellCoordinates(int row, int col);
}
public class NextCellAction extends AbstractTableAction {
public NextCellAction(JTable table, MutableTableModel model) {
super(table, model);
}
#Override
protected int[] updateCellCoordinates(int row, int col) {
return new int[]{row, ++col};
}
}
public class PreviousCellAction extends AbstractTableAction {
public PreviousCellAction(JTable table, MutableTableModel model) {
super(table, model);
}
#Override
protected int[] updateCellCoordinates(int row, int col) {
return new int[]{row, --col};
}
}
public class NextRowAction extends AbstractTableAction {
public NextRowAction(JTable table, MutableTableModel model) {
super(table, model);
}
#Override
protected int[] updateCellCoordinates(int row, int col) {
return new int[]{++row, col};
}
}
public class PreviousRowAction extends AbstractTableAction {
public PreviousRowAction(JTable table, MutableTableModel model) {
super(table, model);
}
#Override
protected int[] updateCellCoordinates(int row, int col) {
return new int[]{--row, col};
}
}
}

How do I make it possible to select text in a JTable cell with editing disabled?

Imagine I'm building an IRC client with Java and I'd like rich text in the chat view to show IRC colors and colored nicks. I'd like to build this with a JTable. I can do that, but the text is then not selectable. Making the table editable doesn't make sense.
I've also investigated:
TextArea - no rich text formatting
JEditPane - can't append, only replace which is bad performance wise
JList - can't select text
So I got a table working I just need the text to be selectable without making it editable. I'd also would only like the text contents, and none of the HTML to be copied into the clipboard upon copying the text selection.
I have tried various iterations of setRowSelectionAllowed(), setColumnSelectionEnabled() and setCellSelectionEnabled() and setSelectionMode the table model returns false for isCellEditable(). Nothing has made the text selectable.
EDIT: as per answer 1 I was wrong about text editor panes so I'm trying those solutions.

I don't know why you don't want to use a JTextPane or JEditorPane. You insert text by its document. Examples here --> How to use Editor Panes and Text Panes.
But for your purpose you can for example do something like this. I override changeSelection to selectAll text when is clicking, the cells are editable but its cellEditors are not editable.
public class JTableTest {
private final DefaultCellEditor cellEditor;
private final JTextField textfield;
private JPanel panel;
private MyTableModel tableModel = new MyTableModel();
private JTable table = new JTable() {
#Override
public TableCellEditor getCellEditor(int row, int column) {
return JTableTest.this.cellEditor;
}
#Override
public void changeSelection(
final int row, final int column, final boolean toggle, final boolean extend) {
super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
if ((getCellEditor(row, column) != null && !editCellAt(row, column))) {
JTextField textfield=(JTextField)JTableTest.this.cellEditor.getComponent();
textfield.selectAll();
}
}
});
}
};
public JTableTest() {
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
table.setModel(tableModel);
panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
textfield = new JTextField();
textfield.setEditable(Boolean.FALSE);
textfield.setBorder(null);
cellEditor = new DefaultCellEditor(textfield);
tableModel.insertValue(new ItemRow("nonEditable", "Editable"));
}
private class ItemRow {
private String column1;
private String column2;
public ItemRow(String column1, String column2) {
this.column1 = column1;
this.column2 = column2;
}
public String getColumn1() {
return column1;
}
public void setColumn1(String column1) {
this.column1 = column1;
}
public String getColumn2() {
return column2;
}
public void setColumn2(String column2) {
this.column2 = column2;
}
}
private class MyTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
public static final int COLUMN1_INDEX = 0;
public static final int COLUMN2_INDEX = 1;
private final List<ItemRow> data = new ArrayList<>();
private final String[] columnsNames = {
"Column1",
"Column2",};
private final Class<?>[] columnsTypes = {
String.class,
String.class
};
public MyTableModel() {
super();
}
#Override
public Object getValueAt(int inRow, int inCol) {
ItemRow row = data.get(inRow);
Object outReturn = null;
switch (inCol) {
case COLUMN1_INDEX:
outReturn = row.getColumn1();
break;
case COLUMN2_INDEX:
outReturn = row.getColumn2();
break;
default:
throw new RuntimeException("invalid column");
}
return outReturn;
}
#Override
public void setValueAt(Object inValue, int inRow, int inCol) {
System.out.println("Gets called ");
if (inRow < 0 || inCol < 0 || inRow >= data.size()) {
return;
}
ItemRow row = data.get(inRow);
switch (inCol) {
case COLUMN1_INDEX:
row.setColumn1(inValue.toString());
break;
case COLUMN2_INDEX:
row.setColumn2(inValue.toString());
break;
}
fireTableCellUpdated(inRow, inCol);
}
#Override
public int getRowCount() {
return data.size();
}
#Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return columnsTypes.length;
}
#Override
public String getColumnName(int inCol) {
return this.columnsNames[inCol];
}
#Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
return this.columnsTypes[columnIndex];
}
/**
*
* #param row
*/
public void insertValue(ItemRow row) {
data.add(row);
fireTableRowsInserted(data.size() - 1, data.size() - 1);
}
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
return true;
}
}
private static void createAndShowGUI(final Container container, final String title) {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame(title);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLocationByPlatform(Boolean.TRUE);
frame.add(container);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI(new JTableTest().panel, "Test");
}
});
}
}

I accomplished this by enabling the editing and then making the component responsible for the edition ignore any changes. For this I created a TableCellEditor and intercepted the key types to the JTextField, the component used for editing.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
public class TableCellSelectionTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run()
{
new TableCellSelectionTest().initUI();
}
});
}
public void initUI()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
int N = 5;
int M = 3;
Object[][] data = new Object[N][M];
for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
{
for (int j = 0; j < M; ++j)
{
data[i][j] = "This is the cell (" + i + ", " + j +")";
}
}
String[] columnNames = { "Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3" };
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames);
final MyTableCellEditor editor = new MyTableCellEditor();
JTable table = new JTable(model) {
#Override
public TableCellEditor getCellEditor(int row, int column)
{
return editor;
}
};
frame.add(new JScrollPane(table), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
class MyTableCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements
TableCellEditor
{
Object _value;
#Override
public Object getCellEditorValue()
{
return _value;
}
#Override
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column)
{
_value = value;
JTextField textField = new JTextField(_value.toString());
textField.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
{
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
e.consume(); //ignores the key
}
#Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e)
{
e.consume();
}});
textField.setEditable(false); //this is functionally irrelevent, makes slight visual changes
return textField;
}
}
}

I tried both the answers here... but one problem at least is that you can tell when you've entered the "editing" mode.
This might be of interest... uses a combination of Editor magic and cheeky rendering to make it look like no editing is going on: editor's click-count-to-start is set to 1, and the component (JTextPane) delivered by the editor's method does setEditable( false ).
If this tickles your fancy, you might be interested at looking at my implementation of a JTable which adjusts (perfectly, harnessing the JTextPane's powerful wrapping power) the row height to the text, for individual rows, including when you change the columns: How to wrap lines in a jtable cell?
public class SelectableNonEditableTableTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame main_frame = new JFrame();
main_frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1200, 300));
main_frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
ArrayList<String> nonsense = new ArrayList<String>(
Arrays.asList(
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, sed dolore vivendum ut",
"pri an soleat causae doctus.",
"Alienum abhorreant mea ea",
"cum malorum diceret ei. Pri oratio invidunt consequat ne.",
"Ius tritani detraxit scribentur et",
"has detraxit legendos intellegat at",
"quo oporteat constituam ex"));
JTable example_table = new JTable(10, 4);
example_table.setRowHeight( example_table.getRowHeight() * 2 );
DefaultCellEditor cell_editor = new SelectableNonEditableCellEditor(
new JTextField());
cell_editor.setClickCountToStart(1);
example_table.setDefaultEditor(Object.class, cell_editor);
TableCellRenderer renderer = new SelectableNonEditableTableRenderer();
example_table.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class, renderer);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
example_table.setValueAt(nonsense.get(i % nonsense.size()),
i, i % 4);
}
main_frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(example_table));
main_frame.pack();
main_frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
class SelectableNonEditableCellEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public SelectableNonEditableCellEditor(JTextField textField) {
super(textField);
}
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, int row, int col) {
Component comp = super.getTableCellEditorComponent(table, value,
isSelected, row, col);
if (value instanceof java.lang.String) {
DefaultStyledDocument sty_doc = new DefaultStyledDocument();
try {
sty_doc.insertString(0, (String) value, null);
} catch (BadLocationException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
JTextPane jtp_comp = new JTextPane(sty_doc);
jtp_comp.setEditable(false);
return jtp_comp;
}
return comp;
}
}
class SelectableNonEditableTableRenderer extends JTextPane implements
TableCellRenderer {
#Override
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
if (value instanceof DefaultStyledDocument) {
setDocument((DefaultStyledDocument) value);
} else {
setText((String) value);
}
return this;
}
}

Maybe you can implement your own TableCellRenderer that extends JTextField in your table.

How to implement checkbox list java

Probably a noob question, but im new to java. I have a need for a checkbox list which I found is not supported in swing, but I found this custom control here
http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5342
So I created a class file named CheckBoxList, and copied the code from the link into it:
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class CheckBoxList extends JList
{
protected static Border noFocusBorder =
new EmptyBorder(1, 1, 1, 1);
public CheckBoxList()
{
setCellRenderer(new CellRenderer());
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
{
int index = locationToIndex(e.getPoint());
if (index != -1) {
JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox)
getModel().getElementAt(index);
checkbox.setSelected(
!checkbox.isSelected());
repaint();
}
}
}
);
setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
}
protected class CellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer
{
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
JList list, Object value, int index,
boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus)
{
JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) value;
checkbox.setBackground(isSelected ?
getSelectionBackground() : getBackground());
checkbox.setForeground(isSelected ?
getSelectionForeground() : getForeground());
checkbox.setEnabled(isEnabled());
checkbox.setFont(getFont());
checkbox.setFocusPainted(false);
checkbox.setBorderPainted(true);
checkbox.setBorder(isSelected ?
UIManager.getBorder(
"List.focusCellHighlightBorder") : noFocusBorder);
return checkbox;
}
}
}
The problem is I don't know how to implement it in my GUI file. I tried a lot of code, but they never showed an example. Just
To use the class, simply instantiate it, then pass it an array of
JCheckBox objects (or subclasses of JCheckBox objects) by calling
setListData
So does that mean that I will not see the control in the Graphical Design view? My client wants to be able to edit it himself and add stuff so I want it to be easy and graphical if possible. If someone could show an example of instantiating it or give a good hint I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Can you just tell me how?
Use a one column JTable and an appropriate renderer and editor. Based on this example, the code below relies on the default renderer for a data value of type Boolean.Class. A more general example is cited here.
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelListener;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
/** #see https://stackoverflow.com/a/13919878/230513 */
public class CheckTable {
private static final CheckModel model = new CheckModel(5000);
private static final JTable table = new JTable(model) {
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredScrollableViewportSize() {
return new Dimension(150, 300);
}
#Override
public Component prepareRenderer(TableCellRenderer renderer, int row, int column) {
JCheckBox jcb = (JCheckBox) super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row, column);
jcb.setHorizontalTextPosition(JCheckBox.LEADING);
jcb.setText(String.valueOf(row));
return jcb;
}
};
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("CheckTable");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 0));
f.add(new JScrollPane(table));
f.add(new DisplayPanel(model));
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private static class DisplayPanel extends JPanel {
private DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
private JList list = new JList(dlm);
public DisplayPanel(final CheckModel model) {
super(new GridLayout());
this.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Checked"));
this.add(new JScrollPane(list));
model.addTableModelListener(new TableModelListener() {
#Override
public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent e) {
dlm.removeAllElements();
for (Integer integer : model.checked) {
dlm.addElement(integer);
}
}
});
}
}
private static class CheckModel extends AbstractTableModel {
private final int rows;
private List<Boolean> rowList;
private Set<Integer> checked = new TreeSet<Integer>();
public CheckModel(int rows) {
this.rows = rows;
rowList = new ArrayList<Boolean>(rows);
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
rowList.add(Boolean.FALSE);
}
}
#Override
public int getRowCount() {
return rows;
}
#Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return 1;
}
#Override
public String getColumnName(int col) {
return "Column " + col;
}
#Override
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
return rowList.get(row);
}
#Override
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int col) {
boolean b = (Boolean) aValue;
rowList.set(row, b);
if (b) {
checked.add(row);
} else {
checked.remove(row);
}
fireTableRowsUpdated(row, row);
}
#Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int col) {
return getValueAt(0, col).getClass();
}
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
return true;
}
}
}

The code is expecting a list of JCheckBox objects - so this works
CheckBoxList cbList = new CheckBoxList(); // the class you have
JCheckBox check1 = new JCheckBox("One");
JCheckBox check2 = new JCheckBox("two");
JCheckBox[] myList = { check1, check2}; list of checkbox object
cbList.setListData(myList); // set the list data for the object
Small Swing program using your class below
util;
import javax.swing.*;
public class HelloWorldSwing {
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("HelloWorldSwing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
CheckBoxList cbList = new CheckBoxList();
JCheckBox check1 = new JCheckBox("One");
JCheckBox check2 = new JCheckBox("two");
JCheckBox[] myList = { check1, check2};
cbList.setListData(myList);
frame.getContentPane().add(cbList);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

row selection not moving with row moves in JTable

I have following code:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class NewClass1 extends JFrame {
private JTable table;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;
private DefaultTableModel defaultTableModel;
public NewClass1() {
setLocationByPlatform(true);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 400));
setTitle("Table Issues");
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
createTableModel();
table = new JTable(defaultTableModel);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
pack();
}
private void createTableModel() {
Vector cols = new Vector();
cols.add("A");
Vector rows = new Vector();
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
Vector row = new Vector();
row.add((i + 1) + "");
rows.add(row);
}
defaultTableModel = new DefaultTableModel(rows, cols) {
Class[] types = new Class[]{
String.class
};
#Override
public Class getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
return types[columnIndex];
}
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return false;
}
};
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new NimbusLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {
}
final NewClass1 nc = new NewClass1();
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
nc.setVisible(true);
}
});
while (true) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
int row = (int) (Math.random() * 50);
int move = (int) (Math.random() * 50);
nc.defaultTableModel.moveRow(row, row, move);
}
});
try{
Thread.sleep(1000);
}catch(Exception e){
}
}
}
}
Please run the above code and select row.
My problem is with row movement, row selection is not moving. It is staying at fixed position. Suppose I selected row with column value 25, selected row must be of column value 25 after row movements.
Please help me on this.
My real problem is, user will select row and clicks menu to perform action, meanwhile other threads may have moved rows, and performed action will be on other row than actual one.

The easiest way is to remember the selected row somewhere outside of the ListSelectionModel and adjust the selection whenever the TableModel changes. For example you could do this:
public class NewClass1 extends JFrame {
private JTable table;
private DefaultTableModel defaultTableModel;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;
private class SelectionHelper implements ListSelectionListener, TableModelListener {
private Object selectedRow;
#Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent event) {
if (!event.getValueIsAdjusting()) return;
int selectedIndex = table.getSelectedRow();
if (selectedIndex >= 0) {
selectedRow = defaultTableModel.getDataVector().get(selectedIndex);
} else {
selectedRow = null;
}
}
#Override
public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent event) {
if (selectedRow == null) return;
int selectedIndex = defaultTableModel.getDataVector().indexOf(selectedRow);
table.getSelectionModel().setSelectionInterval(selectedIndex, selectedIndex);
}
}
public NewClass1() {
// ...
createTableModel();
table = new JTable(defaultTableModel);
table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
SelectionHelper helper = new SelectionHelper();
table.getModel().addTableModelListener(helper);
table.getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener(helper);
// ...
}
// ...
}
Note however, that you should adjust this code for production use, for example in regards to thread safety or portability (using the table and defaultTableModel attributes in the inner class is bad style).

Get Selected Rows in JTable using AbstractTableModel

I have a JTable using AbstractTableModel where I have a JCheckBox in the first column for selecting rows. Now, I need to get the selected rows from the table which are checked. Right now, I am sequentially traversing from first row to the last row and getting all the rows that are selected like the following,
List<Integer> selectedRows = new ArrayList<Integer>();
for(int i = 0; i < table.getRowCount(); i++) {
if((Boolean) table.getValuAt(i, 0)) {
selectedRows.add(i);
}
}
The problem here is, I need to traverse all the rows when ever I need to get the selected rows. Right now I am having 10 to 20 rows. But in future I will get around 5000 rows. My question is, if there are 5000 rows and if the user selects only 5000nd (last record) row then I need to traverse all the 5000 rows to get the selected row. Which I think is not a good approach.
One approach which I want to implement is, to add a listener to the JCheckBox column, such that when ever there is a change (SELECTED/DESELECTED) then I need to update my array of the selected rows in the listener class. In this listener class when ever user selectes a JCheckBox I need to call table.getSelectedRow(..) and I need to store if that JCheckBox is selected.
Are there any better approaches ?

In the example below, the TableModel updates a Set<Integer> checked in the implementation of setValueAt(). The model of an adjacent JList listens to the table's model and displays the currently selected row numbers. The example assumes that the number of selected rows is small compared to the number of rows. Note the use of TreeSet, whose iterator retains the natural order of the elements.
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelListener;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
/** #see http://stackoverflow.com/a/13919878/230513 */
public class CheckTable {
private static final CheckModel model = new CheckModel(5000);
private static final JTable table = new JTable(model) {
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredScrollableViewportSize() {
return new Dimension(150, 300);
}
};
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("CheckTable");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 0));
f.add(new JScrollPane(table));
f.add(new DisplayPanel(model));
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
private static class DisplayPanel extends JPanel {
private DefaultListModel dlm = new DefaultListModel();
private JList list = new JList(dlm);
public DisplayPanel(final CheckModel model) {
super(new GridLayout());
this.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Checked"));
this.add(new JScrollPane(list));
model.addTableModelListener(new TableModelListener() {
#Override
public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent e) {
dlm.removeAllElements();
for (Integer integer : model.checked) {
dlm.addElement(integer);
}
}
});
}
}
private static class CheckModel extends AbstractTableModel {
private final int rows;
private List<Boolean> rowList;
private Set<Integer> checked = new TreeSet<Integer>();
public CheckModel(int rows) {
this.rows = rows;
rowList = new ArrayList<Boolean>(rows);
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
rowList.add(Boolean.FALSE);
}
}
#Override
public int getRowCount() {
return rows;
}
#Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return 2;
}
#Override
public String getColumnName(int col) {
return "Column " + col;
}
#Override
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
if (col == 0) {
return row;
} else {
return rowList.get(row);
}
}
#Override
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int col) {
boolean b = (Boolean) aValue;
rowList.set(row, b);
if (b) {
checked.add(row);
} else {
checked.remove(row);
}
fireTableRowsUpdated(row, row);
}
#Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int col) {
return getValueAt(0, col).getClass();
}
#Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
return col == 1;
}
}
}

I agree with kleopatra. When you create a subclass of the AbstractTableModel, you'll override the setValue( Object value, int rowIndex, int colIndex ). In your overridden method, you just check if the column is the one with your check box, and if so, update the internal data structure appropriately. You can also add a method getCheckedRows() that returns a List< Integer > with the rows in which the check boxes have been selected.