Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing.table

Class TableColumn

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
    public class TableColumn
extends Object
implements Serializable
    A TableColumn represents all the attributes of a column in a JTable, such as width, resizability, minimum and maximum width. In addition, the TableColumn provides slots for a renderer and an editor that can be used to display and edit the values in this column.

    It is also possible to specify renderers and editors on a per type basis rather than a per column basis - see the setDefaultRenderer method in the JTable class. This default mechanism is only used when the renderer (or editor) in the TableColumn is null.

    The TableColumn stores the link between the columns in the JTable and the columns in the TableModel. The modelIndex is the column in the TableModel, which will be queried for the data values for the cells in this column. As the column moves around in the view this modelIndex does not change.

    Note: Some implementations may assume that all TableColumnModels are unique, therefore we would recommend that the same TableColumn instance not be added more than once to a TableColumnModel. To show TableColumns with the same column of data from the model, create a new instance with the same modelIndex.

    Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans™ has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

    See Also:
    TableColumnModel, DefaultTableColumnModel, JTableHeader.getDefaultRenderer(), JTable.getDefaultRenderer(Class), JTable.getDefaultEditor(Class), JTable.getCellRenderer(int, int), JTable.getCellEditor(int, int), Serialized Form

    • Field Detail

      • COLUMN_WIDTH_PROPERTY

        public static final String COLUMN_WIDTH_PROPERTY
        Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3. Please use string literals to identify properties.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

      • HEADER_VALUE_PROPERTY

        public static final String HEADER_VALUE_PROPERTY
        Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3. Please use string literals to identify properties.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

      • HEADER_RENDERER_PROPERTY

        public static final String HEADER_RENDERER_PROPERTY
        Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3. Please use string literals to identify properties.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

      • CELL_RENDERER_PROPERTY

        public static final String CELL_RENDERER_PROPERTY
        Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3. Please use string literals to identify properties.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

      • modelIndex

        protected int modelIndex
        The index of the column in the model which is to be displayed by this TableColumn. As columns are moved around in the view modelIndex remains constant.

      • identifier

        protected Object identifier
        This object is not used internally by the drawing machinery of the JTable; identifiers may be set in the TableColumn as an optional way to tag and locate table columns. The table package does not modify or invoke any methods in these identifier objects other than the equals method which is used in the getColumnIndex() method in the DefaultTableColumnModel.

      • width

        protected int width
        The width of the column.

      • minWidth

        protected int minWidth
        The minimum width of the column.

      • maxWidth

        protected int maxWidth
        The maximum width of the column.

      • headerRenderer

        protected TableCellRenderer headerRenderer
        The renderer used to draw the header of the column.

      • headerValue

        protected Object headerValue
        The header value of the column.

      • cellRenderer

        protected TableCellRenderer cellRenderer
        The renderer used to draw the data cells of the column.

      • cellEditor

        protected TableCellEditor cellEditor
        The editor used to edit the data cells of the column.

      • isResizable

        protected boolean isResizable
        If true, the user is allowed to resize the column; the default is true.

      • resizedPostingDisableCount

        @Deprecated
protected transient int resizedPostingDisableCount
        Deprecated.
        as of Java 2 platform v1.3
        This field was not used in previous releases and there are currently no plans to support it in the future.

    • Constructor Detail

      • TableColumn

        public TableColumn​(int modelIndex)
        Cover method, using a default width of 75, a null renderer and a null editor.
        Parameters:
        modelIndex - the index of the column in the model that supplies the data for this column in the table; the model index remains the same even when columns are reordered in the view
        See Also:
        TableColumn(int, int, TableCellRenderer, TableCellEditor)

      • TableColumn

        public TableColumn​(int modelIndex,
                   int width)
        Cover method, using a null renderer and a null editor.
        Parameters:
        modelIndex - the index of the column in the model that supplies the data for this column in the table; the model index remains the same even when columns are reordered in the view
        width - this column's preferred width and initial width
        See Also:
        TableColumn(int, int, TableCellRenderer, TableCellEditor)

      • TableColumn

        public TableColumn​(int modelIndex,
                   int width,
                   TableCellRenderer cellRenderer,
                   TableCellEditor cellEditor)
        Creates and initializes an instance of TableColumn with the specified model index, width, cell renderer, and cell editor; all TableColumn constructors delegate to this one. The value of width is used for both the initial and preferred width; if width is negative, they're set to 0. The minimum width is set to 15 unless the initial width is less, in which case the minimum width is set to the initial width.

        When the cellRenderer or cellEditor parameter is null, a default value provided by the JTable getDefaultRenderer or getDefaultEditor method, respectively, is used to provide defaults based on the type of the data in this column. This column-centric rendering strategy can be circumvented by overriding the getCellRenderer methods in JTable.

        Parameters:
        modelIndex - the index of the column in the model that supplies the data for this column in the table; the model index remains the same even when columns are reordered in the view
        width - this column's preferred width and initial width
        cellRenderer - the object used to render values in this column
        cellEditor - the object used to edit values in this column
        See Also:
        getMinWidth(), JTable.getDefaultRenderer(Class), JTable.getDefaultEditor(Class), JTable.getCellRenderer(int, int), JTable.getCellEditor(int, int)

    • Method Detail

      • setModelIndex

        @BeanProperty(description="The model index.")
public void setModelIndex​(int modelIndex)
        Sets the model index for this column. The model index is the index of the column in the model that will be displayed by this TableColumn. As the TableColumn is moved around in the view the model index remains constant.
        Parameters:
        modelIndex - the new modelIndex

      • getModelIndex

        public int getModelIndex()
        Returns the model index for this column.
        Returns:
        the modelIndex property

      • setIdentifier

        @BeanProperty(description="A unique identifier for this column.")
public void setIdentifier​(Object identifier)
        Sets the TableColumn's identifier to anIdentifier.

        Note: identifiers are not used by the JTable, they are purely a convenience for the external tagging and location of columns.

        Parameters:
        identifier - an identifier for this column
        See Also:
        getIdentifier()

      • getIdentifier

        public Object getIdentifier()
        Returns the identifier object for this column. Note identifiers are not used by JTable, they are purely a convenience for external use. If the identifier is null, getIdentifier() returns getHeaderValue as a default.
        Returns:
        the identifier property
        See Also:
        setIdentifier(java.lang.Object)

      • setHeaderValue

        @BeanProperty(description="The text to be used by the header renderer.")
public void setHeaderValue​(Object headerValue)
        Sets the Object whose string representation will be used as the value for the headerRenderer. When the TableColumn is created, the default headerValue is null.
        Parameters:
        headerValue - the new headerValue
        See Also:
        getHeaderValue()

      • setHeaderRenderer

        @BeanProperty(description="The header renderer.")
public void setHeaderRenderer​(TableCellRenderer headerRenderer)
        Sets the TableCellRenderer used to draw the TableColumn's header to headerRenderer.

        It is the header renderers responsibility to render the sorting indicator. If you are using sorting and specify a renderer your renderer must render the sorting indication.

        Parameters:
        headerRenderer - the new headerRenderer
        See Also:
        getHeaderRenderer()

      • setCellRenderer

        @BeanProperty(description="The renderer to use for cell values.")
public void setCellRenderer​(TableCellRenderer cellRenderer)
        Sets the TableCellRenderer used by JTable to draw individual values for this column.
        Parameters:
        cellRenderer - the new cellRenderer
        See Also:
        getCellRenderer()

      • setCellEditor

        @BeanProperty(description="The editor to use for cell values.")
public void setCellEditor​(TableCellEditor cellEditor)
        Sets the editor to used by when a cell in this column is edited.
        Parameters:
        cellEditor - the new cellEditor
        See Also:
        getCellEditor()

      • setWidth

        @BeanProperty(description="The width of the column.")
public void setWidth​(int width)
        This method should not be used to set the widths of columns in the JTable, use setPreferredWidth instead. Like a layout manager in the AWT, the JTable adjusts a column's width automatically whenever the table itself changes size, or a column's preferred width is changed. Setting widths programmatically therefore has no long term effect.

        This method sets this column's width to width. If width exceeds the minimum or maximum width, it is adjusted to the appropriate limiting value.

        Parameters:
        width - the new width
        See Also:
        getWidth(), setMinWidth(int), setMaxWidth(int), setPreferredWidth(int), JTable.doLayout()

      • getWidth

        public int getWidth()
        Returns the width of the TableColumn. The default width is 75.
        Returns:
        the width property
        See Also:
        setWidth(int)

      • setPreferredWidth

        @BeanProperty(description="The preferred width of the column.")
public void setPreferredWidth​(int preferredWidth)
        Sets this column's preferred width to preferredWidth. If preferredWidth exceeds the minimum or maximum width, it is adjusted to the appropriate limiting value.

        For details on how the widths of columns in the JTable (and JTableHeader) are calculated from the preferredWidth, see the doLayout method in JTable.

        Parameters:
        preferredWidth - the new preferred width
        See Also:
        getPreferredWidth(), JTable.doLayout()

      • getPreferredWidth

        public int getPreferredWidth()
        Returns the preferred width of the TableColumn. The default preferred width is 75.
        Returns:
        the preferredWidth property
        See Also:
        setPreferredWidth(int)

      • setMinWidth

        @BeanProperty(description="The minimum width of the column.")
public void setMinWidth​(int minWidth)
        Sets the TableColumn's minimum width to minWidth, adjusting the new minimum width if necessary to ensure that 0 <= minWidth <= maxWidth. For example, if the minWidth argument is negative, this method sets the minWidth property to 0.

        If the value of the width or preferredWidth property is less than the new minimum width, this method sets that property to the new minimum width.

        Parameters:
        minWidth - the new minimum width
        See Also:
        getMinWidth(), setPreferredWidth(int), setMaxWidth(int)

      • setMaxWidth

        @BeanProperty(description="The maximum width of the column.")
public void setMaxWidth​(int maxWidth)
        Sets the TableColumn's maximum width to maxWidth or, if maxWidth is less than the minimum width, to the minimum width.

        If the value of the width or preferredWidth property is more than the new maximum width, this method sets that property to the new maximum width.

        Parameters:
        maxWidth - the new maximum width
        See Also:
        getMaxWidth(), setPreferredWidth(int), setMinWidth(int)

      • getMaxWidth

        public int getMaxWidth()
        Returns the maximum width for the TableColumn. The TableColumn's width can't be made larger than this either by the user or programmatically. The default maxWidth is Integer.MAX_VALUE.
        Returns:
        the maxWidth property
        See Also:
        setMaxWidth(int)

      • setResizable

        @BeanProperty(description="Whether or not this column can be resized.")
public void setResizable​(boolean isResizable)
        Sets whether this column can be resized.
        Parameters:
        isResizable - if true, resizing is allowed; otherwise false
        See Also:
        getResizable()

      • getResizable

        public boolean getResizable()
        Returns true if the user is allowed to resize the TableColumn's width, false otherwise. You can change the width programmatically regardless of this setting. The default is true.
        Returns:
        the isResizable property
        See Also:
        setResizable(boolean)

      • sizeWidthToFit

        public void sizeWidthToFit()
        Resizes the TableColumn to fit the width of its header cell. This method does nothing if the header renderer is null (the default case). Otherwise, it sets the minimum, maximum and preferred widths of this column to the widths of the minimum, maximum and preferred sizes of the Component delivered by the header renderer. The transient "width" property of this TableColumn is also set to the preferred width. Note this method is not used internally by the table package.
        See Also:
        setPreferredWidth(int)

      • disableResizedPosting

        @Deprecated
public void disableResizedPosting()
        Deprecated.
        as of Java 2 platform v1.3
        This field was not used in previous releases and there are currently no plans to support it in the future.

      • enableResizedPosting

        @Deprecated
public void enableResizedPosting()
        Deprecated.
        as of Java 2 platform v1.3
        This field was not used in previous releases and there are currently no plans to support it in the future.

      • addPropertyChangeListener

        public void addPropertyChangeListener​(PropertyChangeListener listener)
        Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all bound properties of this class, including the following:
        • this TableColumn's modelIndex ("modelIndex")
        • this TableColumn's identifier ("identifier")
        • this TableColumn's header value ("headerValue")
        • this TableColumn's header renderer ("headerRenderer")
        • this TableColumn's cell renderer ("cellRenderer")
        • this TableColumn's cell editor ("cellEditor")
        • this TableColumn's width ("width")
        • this TableColumn's preferred width ("preferredWidth")
        • this TableColumn's minimum width ("minWidth")
        • this TableColumn's maximum width ("maxWidth")
        • this TableColumn's resizable state ("isResizable")
        Parameters:
        listener - the listener to be added
        See Also:
        removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)

      • removePropertyChangeListener

        public void removePropertyChangeListener​(PropertyChangeListener listener)
        Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list. The PropertyChangeListener to be removed was registered for all properties.
        Parameters:
        listener - the listener to be removed

      • getPropertyChangeListeners

        public PropertyChangeListener[] getPropertyChangeListeners()
        Returns an array of all the PropertyChangeListeners added to this TableColumn with addPropertyChangeListener().
        Returns:
        all of the PropertyChangeListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been added
        Since:
        1.4

      • createDefaultHeaderRenderer

        protected TableCellRenderer createDefaultHeaderRenderer()
        As of Java 2 platform v1.3, this method is not called by the TableColumn constructor. Previously this method was used by the TableColumn to create a default header renderer. As of Java 2 platform v1.3, the default header renderer is null. JTableHeader now provides its own shared default renderer, just as the JTable does for its cell renderers.
        Returns:
        the default header renderer
        See Also:
        JTableHeader.createDefaultRenderer()