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JAVA JTable JButton cells

The following code add Jbutton in JTable columns. This program involes 3 JAVA file:

JButtonTableExample.java, ButtonEditor.java, ButtonRenderer.java

//Example modified from http://www.crionics.com/products/opensource/faq/swing_ex/JTableExamples2.html

/**
* @version 1.0 12/03/98
*/

/* (swing1.1beta3) */

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;

/**
* @version 1.0 11/09/98
*/
public class JButtonTableExample extends JFrame {

public JButtonTableExample(){
super( "JButtonTable Example" );

DefaultTableModel dm = new DefaultTableModel();
dm.setDataVector(new Object[][]{{"button 1","click on button"},
{"button 2","button is clickable"}},
new Object[]{"Button","String"});

JTable table = new JTable(dm);
table.getColumn("Button").setCellRenderer(new ButtonRenderer());
table.getColumn("Button").setCellEditor(new ButtonEditor(new JCheckBox()));
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
getContentPane().add( scroll );
setSize( 400, 100 );
setVisible(true);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
JButtonTableExample frame = new JButtonTableExample();
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
}
}