Displaying JTable in JFrame

Question

What i want to do:

I want to list some records of a database. This list should be displayed in a JFrame popup.

Description:

I have 3 classes:

• Main.java (runs program)
• PeopleTableModel.java (holds data, extends AbstractTableModel)
• PeopleTable.java (holds logic, extends JTable)

Why I am getting an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when setting my JFrame to visible?

Update:

It seems like this error only shows up, when I use my own PeopleTable class. When I assign the table to just a normal JTable, it works.

Here is my stack trace I am getting:

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 >= 0
    at java.util.Vector.elementAt(Vector.java:470)
    at javax.swing.table.DefaultTableColumnModel.getColumn(DefaultTableColumnModel.java:294)
    at javax.swing.JTable.getCellRect(JTable.java:2969)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.createTableSize(BasicTableUI.java:1694)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI.getPreferredSize(BasicTableUI.java:1733)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1660)
    at javax.swing.ScrollPaneLayout.preferredLayoutSize(ScrollPaneLayout.java:495)
    at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Container.java:1788)
    at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Container.java:1773)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1662)
    at java.awt.BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(BorderLayout.java:719)
    at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Container.java:1788)
    at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Container.java:1773)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1662)
    at javax.swing.JRootPane$RootLayout.preferredLayoutSize(JRootPane.java:917)
    at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Container.java:1788)
    at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Container.java:1773)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1662)
    at java.awt.BorderLayout.preferredLayoutSize(BorderLayout.java:719)
    at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Container.java:1788)
    at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Container.java:1773)
    at java.awt.Window.pack(Window.java:809)
    at ch.bs.jsd.personen.Main.main(Main.java:67)

And this is my whole code:

import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ArrayList<String[]> result = new ArrayList<String[]>();
        SQLConnection sql = new SQLConnection();
        String OBNr = "";
        String firstName = "";
        String lastName = "";
        String qry = "SELECT loginid,ctitle as Grad,"
                + "name+' '+firstname as SachB,"
                + "cposition as Tour,Ressort,"
                + "left(location,2) as FNr "
                + "FROM dbo.abf_muPostenAdressen "
                + "WHERE loginid LIKE '%" + OBNr + "%'"
                + "AND name LIKE '%" + lastName + "%'"
                + "AND firstname LIKE '%" + firstName + "%'";
        try {
            ResultSet rs = sql.getConnection().prepareStatement(qry).executeQuery();
            while (rs.next()) {
                result.add(new String[]{
                            Integer.toString(rs.getRow()),
                            rs.getString("loginid"),
                            rs.getString("Grad"),
                            rs.getString("SachB"),
                            rs.getString("Tour"),
                            rs.getString("Ressort"),
                            rs.getString("FNr")
                        });
            }
            if (result.size() != 0) {
                String[] selectedData = null;
                if (result.size() > 1) {
                    String[] title = {"#", "loginid", "Grad", "SachB", "Tour",
                        "Ressort", "FNr"};
                    TableModel model = new PeopleTableModel(title, parse_2d_array(result));
                    JTable table = new PeopleTable(model);
                    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
                    frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(table));
                    frame.setVisible(true);
                    while (table.getSelectedRow() != -1) {
                    }
                    selectedData = result.get(table.getSelectedRow());
                    frame.dispose();
                } else {
                    selectedData = result.get(0);
                }
                System.out.println(join(selectedData, ", "));
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        sql.closeConnection();
    }

    private static String join(String[] s, String delimiter) {
        if (s.length == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
        out.append(s[0]);
        for (int i = 1; i < s.length; ++i) {
            out.append(delimiter).append(s[i]);
        }
        return out.toString();
    }

    private static String[][] parse_2d_array(ArrayList<String[]> al) {
        String[][] data = new String[al.size()][6];
        for (int i = 0; i < al.size(); i++) {
            data[i] = al.get(i);
        }
        return data;
    }
}

class PeopleTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1080095595481949205L;
    private String[] title;
    private Object[][] data;

    public PeopleTableModel(String[] title, Object[][] data) {
        this.title = title;
        this.data = data;
    }

    @Override
    public int getColumnCount() {
        return title.length;
    }

    @Override
    public int getRowCount() {
        return data.length;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return data[row][col];
    }

    @Override
    public String getColumnName(int column) {
        return title[column];
    }
}

class PeopleTable extends JTable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1080095595481949205L;
    private JTable table;
    private int selectedRow = -1;
    private StringBuilder pressedKeys = new StringBuilder();
    private long now = 0;
    private long last = 0;

    public PeopleTable(TableModel model) {
        table = new JTable(model);

        table.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {

            @Override
            public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent e) {
                if (e.getClickCount() == 2) {
                    setSelectedRow(table.rowAtPoint(e.getPoint()));
                }
            }
        });
        table.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {

            @Override
            public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt) {
            }

            @Override
            public void keyReleased(KeyEvent evt) {
            }

            @Override
            public void keyPressed(KeyEvent evt) {
                int key = evt.getKeyCode();

                // add only numbers
                if ((key > 47 && key < 58) || (key > 95 && key < 106)) {
                    last = now == 0 ? 0 : now;
                    now = evt.getWhen();

                    if (now - last > 700) {
                        pressedKeys = new StringBuilder();
                    }
                    pressedKeys.append(evt.getKeyChar());
                    int row = Integer.parseInt(pressedKeys.toString()) - 1;
                    table.setRowSelectionInterval(row, row);
                    table.scrollRectToVisible(table.getCellRect(row, 0, true));
                } else if (key == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
                    if (pressedKeys.length() == 0) {
                        pressedKeys.append(1);
                    }
                    setSelectedRow(Integer.parseInt(pressedKeys.toString()) - 1);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    public JTable getTable() {
        return table;
    }

    private void setSelectedRow(int i) {
        selectedRow = i;
    }

    @Override
    public int getSelectedRow() {
        return selectedRow;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int getColumnCount() {
        return table.getColumnCount();
    }

    @Override
    public int getRowCount() {
        return table.getRowCount();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return table.getValueAt(row, col);
    }
}

Additional question: Is there a better way to achieve my goal or could this be stated as best practise?

Answer 1

• see JTable tutorial, everything are described there

• I can't see there reason to use AbstractTableModel, no idea why bothering for JTable contains a real number of rows & columns (up to 500/1000 & 20/50), start with DefaultTableModel instead

• or change DefaultTableModel with this AbstractTableModel

can start with

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import javax.swing.table.*;

public class RemoveAddRows extends JFrame {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private Object[] columnNames = {"Type", "Company", "Shares", "Price"};
    private Object[][] data = {
        {"Buy", "IBM", new Integer(1000), new Double(80.50)},
        {"Sell", "MicroSoft", new Integer(2000), new Double(6.25)},
        {"Sell", "Apple", new Integer(3000), new Double(7.35)},
        {"Buy", "Nortel", new Integer(4000), new Double(20.00)}
    };
    private JTable table;
    private DefaultTableModel model;
    private javax.swing.Timer timer = null;

    public RemoveAddRows() {
        model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames) {

            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

            @Override
            public Class getColumnClass(int column) {
                return getValueAt(0, column).getClass();
            }
        };
        table = new JTable(model) {

            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

            @Override
            public Component prepareRenderer(TableCellRenderer renderer, int row, int column) {
                Component c = super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row, column);
                if (isRowSelected(row) && isColumnSelected(column)) {
                    ((JComponent) c).setBorder(new LineBorder(Color.red));
                }
                return c;
            }
        };
        ListSelectionModel rowSelMod = table.getSelectionModel();
        rowSelMod.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {

            public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
                int row = table.getSelectedRow();
                int col = table.getSelectedColumn();
                String str = "Selected Row(s): ";
                int[] rows = table.getSelectedRows();
                for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
                    str += rows[i] + " ";
                }
                str += "Selected Column(s): ";
                int[] cols = table.getSelectedColumns();
                for (int i = 0; i < cols.length; i++) {
                    str += cols[i] + " ";
                }
                str += "Selected Cell: " + table.getSelectedRow() + ", " + table.getSelectedColumn();
                System.out.println(str);
                Object value = table.getValueAt(row, col);
                System.out.println(String.valueOf(value));
            }
        });
        table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
        add(scrollPane);
        JButton button1 = new JButton("Remove all rows");
        button1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                if (model.getRowCount() > 0) {
                    for (int i = model.getRowCount() - 1; i > -1; i--) {
                        model.removeRow(i);
                    }
                }
                System.out.println("model.getRowCount() --->" + model.getRowCount());
            }
        });
        JButton button2 = new JButton("Add new rows");
        button2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                start();
            }
        });
        JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
        southPanel.add(button1);
        southPanel.add(button2);
        add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }

    private void start() {
        timer = new javax.swing.Timer(2500, updateCol());
        timer.start();
    }

    public Action updateCol() {
        return new AbstractAction("text load action") {

            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                DefaultTableModel model = (DefaultTableModel) table.getModel();
                Object[] data0 = {"Buy", "IBM", new Integer(1000), new Double(80.50)};
                model.addRow(data0);
                Object[] data1 = {"Sell", "MicroSoft", new Integer(2000), new Double(6.25)};
                model.addRow(data1);
                Object[] data2 = {"Sell", "Apple", new Integer(3000), new Double(7.35)};
                model.addRow(data2);
                Object[] data3 = {"Buy", "Nortel", new Integer(4000), new Double(20.00)};
                model.addRow(data3);
                System.out.println("model.getRowCount() --->" + model.getRowCount());
                timer.stop();
                int rowIndex = table.getRowCount() - 1;
                table.changeSelection(rowIndex, 0, false, false);
            }
        };
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            for (LookAndFeelInfo info : UIManager.getInstalledLookAndFeels()) {
                System.out.println(info.getName());
                if ("Nimbus".equals(info.getName())) {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(info.getClassName());
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
            // handle exception
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            // handle exception
        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
            // handle exception
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            // handle exception
        }
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                RemoveAddRows frame = new RemoveAddRows();
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.pack();
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
}

Answer 2

You do not need to write so many lines of code to display a file. Just download the jar file rs2xml and add it to your project library.

Note: This will be useful if you are using netbeans

How to use it?

• Create the table in backend
• Download rs2xml jar file
• Add it to the project library
• Drag the JTable from the swing controls to your JFrame
• Now write the following code as follows:

Write your query:

    ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from register");       
    ResultSet r=ps.executeQuery();
    jTable1.setModel(DbUtils.resultSetToTableModel(r)); //display the register