Class DefaultTableModel

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel

javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, TableModel

public class DefaultTableModel extends AbstractTableModel implements Serializable

This is an implementation of TableModel that uses a Vector of Vectors to store the cell value objects.

Warning: DefaultTableModel returns a column class of Object. When DefaultTableModel is used with a TableRowSorter this will result in extensive use of toString, which for non-String data types is expensive. If you use DefaultTableModel with a TableRowSorter you are strongly encouraged to override getColumnClass to return the appropriate type.

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.

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Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected Vector`	`columnIdentifiers`	The `Vector` of column identifiers.
`protected Vector<Vector>`	`dataVector`	The `Vector` of `Vectors` of `Object` values.

Fields declared in class AbstractTableModel

listenerList

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected EventListenerList`	`listenerList`	List of listeners

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`DefaultTableModel()`	Constructs a default `DefaultTableModel` which is a table of zero columns and zero rows.
`DefaultTableModel(int rowCount, int columnCount)`	Constructs a `DefaultTableModel` with `rowCount` and `columnCount` of `null` object values.
`DefaultTableModel(Object[][] data, Object[] columnNames)`	Constructs a `DefaultTableModel` and initializes the table by passing `data` and `columnNames` to the `setDataVector` method.
`DefaultTableModel(Object[] columnNames, int rowCount)`	Constructs a `DefaultTableModel` with as many columns as there are elements in `columnNames` and `rowCount` of `null` object values.
`DefaultTableModel(Vector<?> columnNames, int rowCount)`	Constructs a `DefaultTableModel` with as many columns as there are elements in `columnNames` and `rowCount` of `null` object values.
`DefaultTableModel(Vector<? extends Vector> data, Vector<?> columnNames)`	Constructs a `DefaultTableModel` and initializes the table by passing `data` and `columnNames` to the `setDataVector` method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addColumn(Object columnName)`	Adds a column to the model.
`void`	`addColumn(Object columnName, Object[] columnData)`	Adds a column to the model.
`void`	`addColumn(Object columnName, Vector<?> columnData)`	Adds a column to the model.
`void`	`addRow(Object[] rowData)`	Adds a row to the end of the model.
`void`	`addRow(Vector<?> rowData)`	Adds a row to the end of the model.
`protected static Vector<Object>`	`convertToVector(Object[] anArray)`	Returns a vector that contains the same objects as the array.
`protected static Vector<Vector<Object>>`	`convertToVector(Object[][] anArray)`	Returns a vector of vectors that contains the same objects as the array.
`int`	`getColumnCount()`	Returns the number of columns in this data table.
`String`	`getColumnName(int column)`	Returns the column name.
`Vector<Vector>`	`getDataVector()`	Returns the `Vector` of `Vectors` that contains the table's data values.
`int`	`getRowCount()`	Returns the number of rows in this data table.
`Object`	`getValueAt(int row, int column)`	Returns an attribute value for the cell at `row` and `column`.
`void`	`insertRow(int row, Object[] rowData)`	Inserts a row at `row` in the model.
`void`	`insertRow(int row, Vector<?> rowData)`	Inserts a row at `row` in the model.
`boolean`	`isCellEditable(int row, int column)`	Returns true regardless of parameter values.
`void`	`moveRow(int start, int end, int to)`	Moves one or more rows from the inclusive range `start` to `end` to the `to` position in the model.
`void`	`newDataAvailable(TableModelEvent event)`	Equivalent to `fireTableChanged`.
`void`	`newRowsAdded(TableModelEvent e)`	Ensures that the new rows have the correct number of columns.
`void`	`removeRow(int row)`	Removes the row at `row` from the model.
`void`	`rowsRemoved(TableModelEvent event)`	Equivalent to `fireTableChanged`.
`void`	`setColumnCount(int columnCount)`	Sets the number of columns in the model.
`void`	`setColumnIdentifiers(Object[] newIdentifiers)`	Replaces the column identifiers in the model.
`void`	`setColumnIdentifiers(Vector<?> columnIdentifiers)`	Replaces the column identifiers in the model.
`void`	`setDataVector(Object[][] dataVector, Object[] columnIdentifiers)`	Replaces the value in the `dataVector` instance variable with the values in the array `dataVector`.
`void`	`setDataVector(Vector<? extends Vector> dataVector, Vector<?> columnIdentifiers)`	Replaces the current `dataVector` instance variable with the new `Vector` of rows, `dataVector`.
`void`	`setNumRows(int rowCount)`	Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3.
`void`	`setRowCount(int rowCount)`	Sets the number of rows in the model.
`void`	`setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column)`	Sets the object value for the cell at `column` and `row`.

Methods declared in class AbstractTableModel

addTableModelListener, findColumn, fireTableCellUpdated, fireTableChanged, fireTableDataChanged, fireTableRowsDeleted, fireTableRowsInserted, fireTableRowsUpdated, fireTableStructureChanged, getColumnClass, getListeners, getTableModelListeners, removeTableModelListener

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addTableModelListener(TableModelListener l)`	Adds a listener to the list that's notified each time a change to the data model occurs.
`int`	`findColumn(String columnName)`	Returns a column given its name.
`void`	`fireTableCellUpdated(int row, int column)`	Notifies all listeners that the value of the cell at `[row, column]` has been updated.
`void`	`fireTableChanged(TableModelEvent e)`	Forwards the given notification event to all `TableModelListeners` that registered themselves as listeners for this table model.
`void`	`fireTableDataChanged()`	Notifies all listeners that all cell values in the table's rows may have changed.
`void`	`fireTableRowsDeleted(int firstRow, int lastRow)`	Notifies all listeners that rows in the range `[firstRow, lastRow]`, inclusive, have been deleted.
`void`	`fireTableRowsInserted(int firstRow, int lastRow)`	Notifies all listeners that rows in the range `[firstRow, lastRow]`, inclusive, have been inserted.
`void`	`fireTableRowsUpdated(int firstRow, int lastRow)`	Notifies all listeners that rows in the range `[firstRow, lastRow]`, inclusive, have been updated.
`void`	`fireTableStructureChanged()`	Notifies all listeners that the table's structure has changed.
`Class<?>`	`getColumnClass(int columnIndex)`	Returns `Object.class` regardless of `columnIndex`.
`<T extends EventListener> T[]`	`getListeners(Class<T> listenerType)`	Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as `FooListener`s upon this `AbstractTableModel`.
`TableModelListener[]`	`getTableModelListeners()`	Returns an array of all the table model listeners registered on this model.
`void`	`removeTableModelListener(TableModelListener l)`	Removes a listener from the list that's notified each time a change to the data model occurs.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Field Details

dataVector

protected Vector<Vector> dataVector

The Vector of Vectors of Object values.

columnIdentifiers

protected Vector columnIdentifiers

The Vector of column identifiers.

Constructor Details

DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel()

Constructs a default DefaultTableModel which is a table of zero columns and zero rows.

DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel(int rowCount, int columnCount)

Constructs a DefaultTableModel with rowCount and columnCount of null object values.

Parameters:

rowCount - the number of rows the table holds

columnCount - the number of columns the table holds

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DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel(Vector<?> columnNames, int rowCount)

Constructs a DefaultTableModel with as many columns as there are elements in columnNames and rowCount of null object values. Each column's name will be taken from the columnNames vector.

Parameters:

columnNames - vector containing the names of the new columns; if this is null then the model has no columns

rowCount - the number of rows the table holds

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DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel(Object[] columnNames, int rowCount)

Constructs a DefaultTableModel with as many columns as there are elements in columnNames and rowCount of null object values. Each column's name will be taken from the columnNames array.

Parameters:

columnNames - array containing the names of the new columns; if this is null then the model has no columns

rowCount - the number of rows the table holds

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DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel(Vector<? extends Vector> data, Vector<?> columnNames)

Constructs a DefaultTableModel and initializes the table by passing data and columnNames to the setDataVector method.

Parameters:

data - the data of the table, a Vector of Vectors of Object values

columnNames - vector containing the names of the new columns

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DefaultTableModel

public DefaultTableModel(Object[][] data, Object[] columnNames)

Constructs a DefaultTableModel and initializes the table by passing data and columnNames to the setDataVector method. The first index in the Object[][] array is the row index and the second is the column index.

Parameters:

data - the data of the table

columnNames - the names of the columns

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Method Details

getDataVector

public Vector<Vector> getDataVector()

Returns the Vector of Vectors that contains the table's data values. The vectors contained in the outer vector are each a single row of values. In other words, to get to the cell at row 1, column 5:

((Vector)getDataVector().elementAt(1)).elementAt(5);

Returns:

the vector of vectors containing the tables data values

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setDataVector

public void setDataVector(Vector<? extends Vector> dataVector, Vector<?> columnIdentifiers)

Replaces the current dataVector instance variable with the new Vector of rows, dataVector. Each row is represented in dataVector as a Vector of Object values. columnIdentifiers are the names of the new columns. The first name in columnIdentifiers is mapped to column 0 in dataVector. Each row in dataVector is adjusted to match the number of columns in columnIdentifiers either by truncating the Vector if it is too long, or adding null values if it is too short.

Note that passing in a null value for dataVector results in unspecified behavior, an possibly an exception.

Parameters:

dataVector - the new data vector

columnIdentifiers - the names of the columns

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setDataVector

public void setDataVector(Object[][] dataVector, Object[] columnIdentifiers)

Replaces the value in the dataVector instance variable with the values in the array dataVector. The first index in the Object[][] array is the row index and the second is the column index. columnIdentifiers are the names of the new columns.

Parameters:

dataVector - the new data vector

columnIdentifiers - the names of the columns

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newDataAvailable

public void newDataAvailable(TableModelEvent event)

Equivalent to fireTableChanged.

Parameters:: event - the change event

newRowsAdded

public void newRowsAdded(TableModelEvent e)

Ensures that the new rows have the correct number of columns. This is accomplished by using the setSize method in Vector which truncates vectors which are too long, and appends nulls if they are too short. This method also sends out a tableChanged notification message to all the listeners.

Parameters:

e - this TableModelEvent describes where the rows were added. If null it assumes all the rows were newly added

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rowsRemoved

public void rowsRemoved(TableModelEvent event)

Equivalent to fireTableChanged.

Parameters:: event - the change event

setNumRows

public void setNumRows(int rowCount)

Obsolete as of Java 2 platform v1.3. Please use setRowCount instead.

Parameters:: rowCount - the new number of rows

setRowCount

public void setRowCount(int rowCount)

Sets the number of rows in the model. If the new size is greater than the current size, new rows are added to the end of the model If the new size is less than the current size, all rows at index rowCount and greater are discarded.

Parameters:

rowCount - number of rows in the model

Since:

1.3

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addRow

public void addRow(Vector<?> rowData)

Adds a row to the end of the model. The new row will contain null values unless rowData is specified. Notification of the row being added will be generated.

Parameters:: rowData - optional data of the row being added

addRow

public void addRow(Object[] rowData)

Adds a row to the end of the model. The new row will contain null values unless rowData is specified. Notification of the row being added will be generated.

Parameters:: rowData - optional data of the row being added

insertRow

public void insertRow(int row, Vector<?> rowData)

Inserts a row at row in the model. The new row will contain null values unless rowData is specified. Notification of the row being added will be generated.

Parameters:: row - the row index of the row to be inserted; rowData - optional data of the row being added
Throws:: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the row was invalid

insertRow

public void insertRow(int row, Object[] rowData)

Inserts a row at row in the model. The new row will contain null values unless rowData is specified. Notification of the row being added will be generated.

Parameters:: row - the row index of the row to be inserted; rowData - optional data of the row being added
Throws:: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the row was invalid

moveRow

public void moveRow(int start, int end, int to)

Moves one or more rows from the inclusive range start to end to the to position in the model. After the move, the row that was at index start will be at index to. This method will send a tableChanged notification message to all the listeners.

 Examples of moves:

 1. moveRow(1,3,5);
         a|B|C|D|e|f|g|h|i|j|k   - before
         a|e|f|g|h|B|C|D|i|j|k   - after

 2. moveRow(6,7,1);
         a|b|c|d|e|f|G|H|i|j|k   - before
         a|G|H|b|c|d|e|f|i|j|k   - after

Parameters:: start - the starting row index to be moved; end - the ending row index to be moved; to - the destination of the rows to be moved
Throws:: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if any of the elements would be moved out of the table's range

removeRow

public void removeRow(int row)

Removes the row at row from the model. Notification of the row being removed will be sent to all the listeners.

Parameters:: row - the row index of the row to be removed
Throws:: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the row was invalid

setColumnIdentifiers

public void setColumnIdentifiers(Vector<?> columnIdentifiers)

Replaces the column identifiers in the model. If the number of newIdentifiers is greater than the current number of columns, new columns are added to the end of each row in the model. If the number of newIdentifiers is less than the current number of columns, all the extra columns at the end of a row are discarded.

Parameters:

columnIdentifiers - vector of column identifiers. If null, set the model to zero columns

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setColumnIdentifiers

public void setColumnIdentifiers(Object[] newIdentifiers)

Parameters:

newIdentifiers - array of column identifiers. If null, set the model to zero columns

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setColumnCount

public void setColumnCount(int columnCount)

Sets the number of columns in the model. If the new size is greater than the current size, new columns are added to the end of the model with null cell values. If the new size is less than the current size, all columns at index columnCount and greater are discarded.

Parameters:

columnCount - the new number of columns in the model

Since:

1.3

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addColumn

public void addColumn(Object columnName)

Adds a column to the model. The new column will have the identifier columnName, which may be null. This method will send a tableChanged notification message to all the listeners. This method is a cover for addColumn(Object, Vector) which uses null as the data vector.

Parameters:: columnName - the identifier of the column being added

addColumn

public void addColumn(Object columnName, Vector<?> columnData)

Adds a column to the model. The new column will have the identifier columnName, which may be null. columnData is the optional vector of data for the column. If it is null the column is filled with null values. Otherwise, the new data will be added to model starting with the first element going to row 0, etc. This method will send a tableChanged notification message to all the listeners.

Parameters:: columnName - the identifier of the column being added; columnData - optional data of the column being added

addColumn

public void addColumn(Object columnName, Object[] columnData)

Adds a column to the model. The new column will have the identifier columnName. columnData is the optional array of data for the column. If it is null the column is filled with null values. Otherwise, the new data will be added to model starting with the first element going to row 0, etc. This method will send a tableChanged notification message to all the listeners.

Parameters:

columnName - identifier of the newly created column

columnData - new data to be added to the column

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getRowCount

public int getRowCount()

Returns the number of rows in this data table.

Specified by:

getRowCount in interface TableModel

Returns:

the number of rows in the model

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getColumnCount

public int getColumnCount()

Returns the number of columns in this data table.

Specified by:

getColumnCount in interface TableModel

Returns:

the number of columns in the model

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getColumnName

public String getColumnName(int column)

Returns the column name.

Specified by:: getColumnName in interface TableModel
Overrides:: getColumnName in class AbstractTableModel
Parameters:: column - the column being queried
Returns:: a name for this column using the string value of the appropriate member in columnIdentifiers. If columnIdentifiers does not have an entry for this index, returns the default name provided by the superclass.

isCellEditable

public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column)

Returns true regardless of parameter values.

Specified by:

isCellEditable in interface TableModel

Overrides:

isCellEditable in class AbstractTableModel

Parameters:

row - the row whose value is to be queried

column - the column whose value is to be queried

Returns:

true

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getValueAt

public Object getValueAt(int row, int column)

Returns an attribute value for the cell at row and column.

Specified by:: getValueAt in interface TableModel
Parameters:: row - the row whose value is to be queried; column - the column whose value is to be queried
Returns:: the value Object at the specified cell
Throws:: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if an invalid row or column was given

setValueAt

public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column)

Sets the object value for the cell at column and row. aValue is the new value. This method will generate a tableChanged notification.

Specified by:

setValueAt in interface TableModel

Overrides:

setValueAt in class AbstractTableModel

Parameters:

aValue - the new value; this can be null

row - the row whose value is to be changed

column - the column whose value is to be changed

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if an invalid row or column was given

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convertToVector

protected static Vector<Object> convertToVector(Object[] anArray)

Returns a vector that contains the same objects as the array.

Parameters:: anArray - the array to be converted
Returns:: the new vector; if anArray is null, returns null

convertToVector

protected static Vector<Vector<Object>> convertToVector(Object[][] anArray)

Returns a vector of vectors that contains the same objects as the array.

Parameters:: anArray - the double array to be converted
Returns:: the new vector of vectors; if anArray is null, returns null

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