Nested JTables

[seema prakash]

Is it possible to have a nested JTable?

[Don Kiddick]

yes

[seema prakash]

Don, Thanks a lot for the answer.
I have another question.
I have a class written to display each of the cell as a text area.
What do I have to do if I need to insert a table in this text area? Please help.

[Don Kiddick]

Why do you want to put a JTable in a JTextArea? That doesn't really make sense to me. What are you trying to achieve ?

[seema prakash]

The main question is I would like to know if we can have a table in the cell of another table. Is it possible ?

This is an example from the internet.

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;

class AdvancedTableExample extends JFrame
{

// Instance attributes used in this example
private JPanel topPanel;
private JTable table;
private JScrollPane scrollPane;

private String columnNames[];
private String dataValues[][];


// Constructor of main frame
public AdvancedTableExample()
{
// Set the frame characteristics
setTitle( "Advanced Table Application" );
setSize( 300, 200 );
setBackground( Color.gray );

// Create a panel to hold all other components
topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
getContentPane().add( topPanel );

// Create columns
CreateColumns();
CreateData();

// Create a new table instance
table = new JTable( dataValues, columnNames );

// Configure some of JTable's parameters
table.setShowHorizontalLines( false );
table.setShowVerticalLines(false);
table.setRowSelectionAllowed( true );
table.setColumnSelectionAllowed( true );

// Change the selection color
table.setSelectionForeground( Color.white );
table.setSelectionBackground( Color.red );

// Add the table to a scrolling pane
scrollPane = table.createScrollPaneForTable( table );
topPanel.add( scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER );
}

public void CreateColumns()
{
// Create column string labels
columnNames = new String[8];

for( int iCtr = 0; iCtr < 8; iCtr++ )
columnNames[iCtr] = "Col:" + iCtr;
}

public void CreateData()
{
// Create data for each element
dataValues = new String[100][8];

for( int iY = 0; iY < 100; iY++ )
{
for( int iX = 0; iX < 8; iX++ )
{
dataValues[iY][iX] = "" + iX + "," + iY;
}
}
}


// Main entry point for this example
public static void main( String args[] )
{
// Create an instance of the test application
AdvancedTableExample mainFrame = new AdvancedTableExample();
mainFrame.setVisible( true );

}

}

Now I want to create each cell as a table. Is it possible? and how do I acheive this?

[Don Kiddick]

If you want a cell to look like a JTable, you need to write a TableCellRenderer. I suggest you write a class thus :

 
class JTableRenderer extends JTable implements TableCellRenderer
 

You then need to implement the getTableCellRendererComponent() method.

hth.
D.