Table Model for Java Beans

[Martin Castellanos]

Hello,
I have the URLyBird assignment, and I decided to create a "HotelRoom" bean since:

although the hope is that this interim step will give them a starting point for migrating the system to the web

.
It seems logical to have some decent data structures for the later migration.

The problem is when I got to the GUI, for my table model I created a ColumnMetaData inner class that contains the column name, the accesor Method for the property in the bean and the Class type of the property.

I'm trying to go with simplicity in the GUI because:

The IT director does not anticipate much reuse of the first Java technology system

but I'm not sure if reflection is simple enough.

Did any of you created a class for the hotel rooms, and if you did, how did you managed your JTable? Should I make my table model generic or just stick with the simplicity stuff?.


Regards

[Jeffry Kristianto Yanuar]

I created Hotel class, I used it because it is easier to send that object rather than sending String[].

When dealing by JTable,I use String[] to store the table header and ArrayList<String[]> to store the hotel record on each String[].

In my Hotel object I created a method to return a String[] of each field.


Good luck !!!


Jeffry Kristianto Yanuar (Java Instructor)
SCJP 5.0, SCJA, SCJD (UrlyBird 1.3.2) --> Waiting for the result

[Martin Castellanos]

Hi Jeffry,

I actually though about that since I also have a method that constructs the String array but I did not like it because since returns the values with the full length (Hotel Name 64, City 64..), it looks bad on the table and also I wanted to display a checkbox for the smoking column.

But now that I think about it, I can still do/fix those things with your approach and manage to avoid the extra complexity.

Thank you very much

Regards

[Jeffry Kristianto Yanuar]

Hi Martin, for this assignment, simplicity is the key, so I don't think using checkbox in smoking column is necessary.

Good luck and wish me luck too !!

Jeffry Kristianto Yanuar (Java Instructor)
SCJP 5.0, SCJA, SCJD (UrlyBird 1.3.2) --> Waiting for the result

[Karen Smrha]

Martin,

I have B&S and decided to use my contractor value object everywhere including in my JTable's model.

I did not make my JTable's model generic; it only supports the one value object. As you said, there is no point putting too much working into a GUI that will be replaced.

I do not like DBMain so I use Data as an adapter to my new interface. This means Data is the only class that uses String[]; the rest all use the value object.

I have not uploaded my project yet, so I cannot tell you if SUN is going to like my approach - fingers crossed.

Good luck,
Karen Smrha

[Martin Castellanos]

Hello, I decided to go with the String array also, how do you keep track of the record number? I added the record number as another string at the end of the String array.
Ex: ["Hotel Name", "City", "4", "Y", "$1", "2003/04/04", "0000001", "5"]

Regards and good luck to you both