I have a JTable that needs cell validation for the cells where the user can input text. When a user enters invalid text the border of the cell turns red.
I've managed to get this working associating a two dimension array to flag if each cell has errors or not.
The problem is that the user must be able to reorder the table (by column). I have to store the error flag in the table model, not separatly. Anyone has ideas how to do this?
Also consider a custom TableCellEditor
, seen here and below. Adding an InputVerifier
, as shown here, is a good alternative.
As the user must be able to reorder the table by column:
JTable
provides methods that convert from model coordinates to view coordinates — convertColumnIndexToView
and convertRowIndexToView
— and that convert from view coordinates to model coordinates — convertColumnIndexToModel
and convertRowIndexToModel
.
I have tried one approach. We can use a TableCellRenderer
and check the data in the cell and if the data is having error then just show it in RED
. Here I have a StudentTableModel
which will get the data to the table.
The table shows the cell RED if the cell contains special character like '@', '#', '$'
. You can still reorder
the table but still the rendering will take care of it. AFAIK flags are not required for achieving this.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import com.amarnath.DragDrop.StudentTableModel;
public class TableErrorCheck {
private JFrame frame;
private JTable table;
private void createUI() {
frame = new JFrame();
table = new JTable();
table.setModel(new StudentTableModel());
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setCellRenderer(new ErrorCellRenderer());
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JScrollPane(table), BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setTitle("Table Error Check.");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new TableErrorCheck().createUI();
}
};
EventQueue.invokeLater(r);
}
}
class ErrorCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Override
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
Component component = super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus,
row, column);
if(value.toString().contains("@") || value.toString().contains("$") || value.toString().contains("#")) {
component.setBackground(Color.RED);
} else {
component.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
}
return component;
}
}
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
public class StudentTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private List<StudentDO> data;
private List<String> columnNames;
public StudentTableModel() {
data = getTableData();
columnNames = getTableColumnNames();
}
public List<StudentDO> getData() {
return data;
}
public void setData(List<StudentDO> data) {
this.data = data;
}
@Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
switch (columnIndex) {
case 0:
return Boolean.class;
case 1:
return String.class;
case 2:
return String.class;
default:
return String.class;
}
}
@Override
public String getColumnName(int column) {
return columnNames.get(column);
}
@Override
public int getColumnCount() {
return columnNames.size();
}
@Override
public int getRowCount() {
if(data == null) {
return 0;
}
return data.size();
}
@Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
if(columnIndex == 0 || columnIndex == 1) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
@Override
public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
switch (columnIndex) {
case 0:
return data.get(rowIndex).isSelect();
case 1:
return data.get(rowIndex).getName();
case 2:
return data.get(rowIndex).getAge();
default:
return null;
}
}
@Override
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
switch (columnIndex) {
case 0:
data.get(rowIndex).setSelect((Boolean) aValue);
break;
case 1:
data.get(rowIndex).setName(aValue == null ? null : aValue.toString());
break;
case 2:
data.get(rowIndex).setAge(aValue == null ? new Integer(0) : Integer.parseInt(aValue.toString()));
break;
default:
break;
}
}
/**
* Add a row.
* @param index
* @param studentDO
*/
public void addRow(int index, StudentDO studentDO) {
data.add(index, studentDO);
fireTableDataChanged();
}
private List<StudentDO> getTableData() {
List<StudentDO> list = new ArrayList<StudentDO>();
for(int i = 0; i< 5; i++) {
StudentDO student = new StudentDO();
student.setSelect(false);
student.setName("Stu " + i);
student.setAge(10 + i);
student.setIdentifier("ToapTable");
list.add(student);
}
return list;
}
private List<String> getTableColumnNames() {
List<String> columnNames = new ArrayList<String>();
columnNames.add("Select");
columnNames.add("Name");
columnNames.add("Age");
return columnNames;
}
}
public class StudentDO {
private boolean select;
private String name;
private int age;
// Removed Getters and Setters .
}
P.S: Please let me know whether this is the good approach or not.