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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) */

/* (swing1.1beta3) */

/* (swing1.1beta3) */

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

/**
* @version 1.0 11/09/98
*/
public class ButtonRenderer extends JButton implements TableCellRenderer {

public ButtonRenderer() {
setOpaque(true);
}

public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
if (isSelected) {
setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
} else{
setForeground(table.getForeground());
setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.background"));
}
setText( (value ==null) ? "" : value.toString() );
return this;
}
}