public abstract class

AbstractTableModel

extends Object
implements Serializable TableModel
java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel
Known Direct Subclasses
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

This abstract class provides default implementations for most of the methods in the TableModel interface. It takes care of the management of listeners and provides some conveniences for generating TableModelEvents and dispatching them to the listeners. To create a concrete TableModel as a subclass of AbstractTableModel you need only provide implementations for the following three methods: 

  public int getRowCount();
  public int getColumnCount();
  public Object getValueAt(int row, int column);

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 JavaBeansTM has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Summary

Fields
protected EventListenerList listenerList List of listeners
Public Constructors
AbstractTableModel()
Public Methods
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.
String getColumnName(int column)
Returns a default name for the column using spreadsheet conventions: A, B, C, ...
<T extends EventListener> T[] getListeners(Class<T> listenerType)
Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this AbstractTableModel.
TableModelListener[] getTableModelListeners()
Returns an array of all the table model listeners registered on this model.
boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
Returns false.
void removeTableModelListener(TableModelListener l)
Removes a listener from the list that's notified each time a change to the data model occurs.
void setValueAt(Object aValue, int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
This empty implementation is provided so users don't have to implement this method if their data model is not editable.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface javax.swing.table.TableModel

Fields

protected EventListenerList listenerList

List of listeners

Public Constructors

public AbstractTableModel ()

Public Methods

public void addTableModelListener (TableModelListener l)

Adds a listener to the list that's notified each time a change to the data model occurs.

Parameters
l the TableModelListener

public int findColumn (String columnName)

Returns a column given its name. Implementation is naive so this should be overridden if this method is to be called often. This method is not in the TableModel interface and is not used by the JTable.

Parameters
columnName string containing name of column to be located
Returns
  • the column with columnName, or -1 if not found

public void fireTableCellUpdated (int row, int column)

Notifies all listeners that the value of the cell at [row, column] has been updated.

Parameters
row row of cell which has been updated
column column of cell which has been updated
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public void fireTableChanged (TableModelEvent e)

Forwards the given notification event to all TableModelListeners that registered themselves as listeners for this table model.

Parameters
e the event to be forwarded
See Also

public void fireTableDataChanged ()

Notifies all listeners that all cell values in the table's rows may have changed. The number of rows may also have changed and the JTable should redraw the table from scratch. The structure of the table (as in the order of the columns) is assumed to be the same.

See Also

public void fireTableRowsDeleted (int firstRow, int lastRow)

Notifies all listeners that rows in the range [firstRow, lastRow], inclusive, have been deleted.

Parameters
firstRow the first row
lastRow the last row
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public void fireTableRowsInserted (int firstRow, int lastRow)

Notifies all listeners that rows in the range [firstRow, lastRow], inclusive, have been inserted.

Parameters
firstRow the first row
lastRow the last row
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public void fireTableRowsUpdated (int firstRow, int lastRow)

Notifies all listeners that rows in the range [firstRow, lastRow], inclusive, have been updated.

Parameters
firstRow the first row
lastRow the last row
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public void fireTableStructureChanged ()

Notifies all listeners that the table's structure has changed. The number of columns in the table, and the names and types of the new columns may be different from the previous state. If the JTable receives this event and its autoCreateColumnsFromModel flag is set it discards any table columns that it had and reallocates default columns in the order they appear in the model. This is the same as calling setModel(TableModel) on the JTable.

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public Class<?> getColumnClass (int columnIndex)

Returns Object.class regardless of columnIndex.

Parameters
columnIndex the column being queried
Returns
  • the Object.class

public String getColumnName (int column)

Returns a default name for the column using spreadsheet conventions: A, B, C, ... Z, AA, AB, etc. If column cannot be found, returns an empty string.

Parameters
column the column being queried
Returns
  • a string containing the default name of column

public T[] getListeners (Class<T> listenerType)

Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this AbstractTableModel. FooListeners are registered using the addFooListener method.

You can specify the listenerType argument with a class literal, such as FooListener.class. For example, you can query a model m for its table model listeners with the following code: 

TableModelListener[] tmls = (TableModelListener[])(m.getListeners(TableModelListener.class));
If no such listeners exist, this method returns an empty array.

Parameters
listenerType the type of listeners requested; this parameter should specify an interface that descends from java.util.EventListener
Returns
  • an array of all objects registered as FooListeners on this component, or an empty array if no such listeners have been added
Throws
ClassCastException if listenerType doesn't specify a class or interface that implements java.util.EventListener
See Also

public TableModelListener[] getTableModelListeners ()

Returns an array of all the table model listeners registered on this model.

Returns
  • all of this model's TableModelListeners or an empty array if no table model listeners are currently registered
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public boolean isCellEditable (int rowIndex, int columnIndex)

Returns false. This is the default implementation for all cells.

Parameters
rowIndex the row being queried
columnIndex the column being queried
Returns
  • false

public void removeTableModelListener (TableModelListener l)

Removes a listener from the list that's notified each time a change to the data model occurs.

Parameters
l the TableModelListener

public void setValueAt (Object aValue, int rowIndex, int columnIndex)

This empty implementation is provided so users don't have to implement this method if their data model is not editable.

Parameters
aValue value to assign to cell
rowIndex row of cell
columnIndex column of cell