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Thao Nguyen
Thao Nguyen

Reputation: 901

JTable object array

String[] columnNames = {"Type", "Employee ID", "First/Last Name","DOB", "Gender", "HIre Date", "OnCall", "BaseSalary", "Commission/Hourly Rate"};
    Object[][] data = new Object[10][9];
table = new JTable(data,columnNames);

public ArrayList<Person> employeeList = new ArrayList<Person>();
public ArrayList<Client> clientList = new ArrayList<Client>();
public ArrayList<Stock> stockList = new ArrayList<Stock>();

I'm trying to create a JTable with information inside a array-list. I tried something along the lines of.

data[0][0] = "Account";
data[0][1] = 1; //int
data[0][2] = "Name";
data[0][3] = dob; //Date class
data[0][4] = gender; //Enum 
data[0][5] = hire //Date class
data[0][6] = true; //boolean
data[0][7] = 125.23; //double
data[0][8] =  0.015; //double

Which didn't work out really well, I try google but most of the examples have pre-made arrays so didn't help much.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3011

Answers (2)

MeBigFatGuy
MeBigFatGuy

Reputation: 28598

The JTable model documentation is confusingly in it's simplistic explanations. It's almost always a mistake to pass in data to the table constructor. You should implement your own table model that is derived form AbstractTableModel, and pass that model object into the constructor for the table.

Then your table model, can just have a private member variable like

public ArrayList<Person> employeeList = new ArrayList<Person>();

then you just need to implement a few methods, like

public int getRowCount() {
    return emplyeeList.size();
}

and such as

public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
    Person p = employeeList.get(rowIndex);
    switch (columnIndex) {
        case 1: 
              return p.getName();
        ....
    }
}

etc.

It makes your programming much simpler as the model uses your natural data structures to hold the data.

Upvotes: 1

madth3
madth3

Reputation: 7344

I think your problem is with the data array. Arrays in java are not dynamic. Defining

Object[][] data = {};

you are creating an array of length 0.

You'd have to be able to know their lengths beforehand and use them in the creation or use the List's toArray method.

Upvotes: 1

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