Interface TableCellEditor

All Superinterfaces:

CellEditor

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCellEditor

public interface TableCellEditor
extends CellEditor

This interface must be implemented to provide an editor of cell values for a JTable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Component	getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column)	Sets an initial value for the editor.

Methods declared in interface CellEditor

addCellEditorListener, cancelCellEditing, getCellEditorValue, isCellEditable, removeCellEditorListener, shouldSelectCell, stopCellEditing

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener l)	Adds a listener to the list that's notified when the editor stops, or cancels editing.
void	cancelCellEditing()	Tells the editor to cancel editing and not accept any partially edited value.
Object	getCellEditorValue()	Returns the value contained in the editor.
boolean	isCellEditable(EventObject anEvent)	Asks the editor if it can start editing using anEvent.
void	removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener l)	Removes a listener from the list that's notified
boolean	shouldSelectCell(EventObject anEvent)	Returns true if the editing cell should be selected, false otherwise.
boolean	stopCellEditing()	Tells the editor to stop editing and accept any partially edited value as the value of the editor.

Method Details

getTableCellEditorComponent

Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
 Object value,
 boolean isSelected,
 int row,
 int column)

Sets an initial value for the editor. This will cause the editor to stopEditing and lose any partially edited value if the editor is editing when this method is called.

Returns the component that should be added to the client's Component hierarchy. Once installed in the client's hierarchy this component will then be able to draw and receive user input.

Parameters:

table - the JTable that is asking the editor to edit; can be null

value - the value of the cell to be edited; it is up to the specific editor to interpret and draw the value. For example, if value is the string "true", it could be rendered as a string or it could be rendered as a check box that is checked. null is a valid value

isSelected - true if the cell is to be rendered with highlighting

row - the row of the cell being edited

column - the column of the cell being edited

Returns:

the component for editing