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

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

/* (swing1.1beta3) */

/* (swing1.1beta3) */

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

/**
* @version 1.0 11/09/98
*/
public class ButtonEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
protected JButton button;
private String label;
private boolean isPushed;

public ButtonEditor(JCheckBox checkBox) {
super(checkBox);
button = new JButton();
button.setOpaque(true);
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
fireEditingStopped();
}
});
}

public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
if (isSelected) {
button.setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
button.setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
} else{
button.setForeground(table.getForeground());
button.setBackground(table.getBackground());
}
label = (value ==null) ? "" : value.toString();
button.setText( label );
isPushed = true;
return button;
}

public Object getCellEditorValue() {
if (isPushed) {
//
//
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(button ,label + ": Ouch!");
// System.out.println(label + ": Ouch!");
}
isPushed = false;
return new String( label ) ;
}

public boolean stopCellEditing() {
isPushed = false;
return super.stopCellEditing();
}

protected void fireEditingStopped() {
super.fireEditingStopped();
}
}