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How do I create borders for my JTable columns ?
Courtesy of Nobuo Tamemasa (http://www2.gol.com/users/tame/swing/examples/JTableExamples7.html)





ColumnBorderTableExample.java:


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

/**
* @version 1.0 3/06/99
*/
public class ColumnBorderTableExample extends JFrame {

public ColumnBorderTableExample() {
super( "Column Border Example" );

DefaultTableModel dm = new DefaultTableModel(4,10);
JTable table = new JTable( dm );
table.setIntercellSpacing(new Dimension(0,0));

Color color = table.getGridColor();
BorderCellRenderer[] renderers = new BorderCellRenderer[6];
renderers[0] = createRenderer(color, new Insets(0,0,0,1));
renderers[1] = createRenderer(color, new Insets(0,1,0,1));
renderers[2] = createRenderer(color, new Insets(0,1,0,2));
renderers[3] = createRenderer(color, new Insets(0,2,0,2));
renderers[4] = createRenderer(color, new Insets(0,2,0,0));
renderers[5] = createRenderer(Color.red, new Insets(0,1,1,1));

TableColumnModel model = table.getColumnModel();
model.getColumn(1).setCellRenderer(renderers[0]);
model.getColumn(2).setCellRenderer(renderers[0]);
model.getColumn(3).setCellRenderer(renderers[0]);
model.getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(renderers[1]);
model.getColumn(5).setCellRenderer(renderers[2]);
model.getColumn(6).setCellRenderer(renderers[3]);
model.getColumn(7).setCellRenderer(renderers[4]);
model.getColumn(8).setCellRenderer(renderers[5]);

JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane( table );
getContentPane().add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
ColumnBorderTableExample frame = new ColumnBorderTableExample();
frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
frame.setSize( 300, 120 );
frame.setVisible(true);
}

private static BorderCellRenderer createRenderer(Color color, Insets insets) {
BorderCellRenderer renderer = new BorderCellRenderer();
renderer.setColumnBorder(new LinesBorder(color, insets));
return renderer;
}
}



BorderCellRenderer.java:


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

/**
* @version 1.0 03/06/99
*/
public class BorderCellRenderer extends JLabel
implements TableCellRenderer {
protected Border noFocusBorder;
protected Border columnBorder;

public BorderCellRenderer() {
noFocusBorder = new EmptyBorder(1, 2, 1, 2);
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(table.getBackground());
}
setFont(table.getFont());

if (hasFocus) {
setBorder( UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder") );
if (table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
setForeground( UIManager.getColor("Table.focusCellForeground") );
setBackground( UIManager.getColor("Table.focusCellBackground") );
}
} else {
if (value instanceof CellBorder) {
Border border = ((CellBorder)value).getBorder();
setBorder(border);
} else {
if (columnBorder != null) {
setBorder(columnBorder);
} else {
setBorder(noFocusBorder);
}
}
}
setText((value == null) ? "" : value.toString());
return this;
}

public void setColumnBorder(Border border) {
columnBorder = border;
}

public Border getColumnBorder() {
return columnBorder;
}
}



CellBorder.java:


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

/**
* @version 1.0 03/06/99
*/
public interface CellBorder {

public Border getBorder();
public Border getBorder(int row, int column);

public void setBorder(Border border);
public void setBorder(Border border, int row, int column);
}



LinesBorder.java:


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

/**
* @version 1.0 03/09/99
*/
public class LinesBorder extends AbstractBorder implements SwingConstants {
protected int northThickness;
protected int southThickness;
protected int eastThickness;
protected int westThickness;
protected Color northColor;
protected Color southColor;
protected Color eastColor;
protected Color westColor;

public LinesBorder(Color color) {
this(color, 1);
}

public LinesBorder(Color color, int thickness) {
setColor(color);
setThickness(thickness);
}

public LinesBorder(Color color, Insets insets) {
setColor(color);
setThickness(insets);
}

public void paintBorder(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
Color oldColor = g.getColor();

g.setColor(northColor);
for (int i = 0; i < northThickness; i++) {
g.drawLine(x, y+i, x+width-1, y+i);
}
g.setColor(southColor);
for (int i = 0; i < southThickness; i++) {
g.drawLine(x, y+height-i-1, x+width-1, y+height-i-1);
}
g.setColor(eastColor);
for (int i = 0; i < westThickness; i++) {
g.drawLine(x+i, y, x+i, y+height-1);
}
g.setColor(westColor);
for (int i = 0; i < eastThickness; i++) {
g.drawLine(x+width-i-1, y, x+width-i-1, y+height-1);
}

g.setColor(oldColor);
}

public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c) {
return new Insets(northThickness, westThickness, southThickness, eastThickness);
}

public Insets getBorderInsets(Component c, Insets insets) {
return new Insets(northThickness, westThickness, southThickness, eastThickness);
}


public boolean isBorderOpaque() { return true; }

public void setColor(Color c) {
northColor = c;
southColor = c;
eastColor = c;
westColor = c;
}

public void setColor(Color c, int direction) {
switch (direction) {
case NORTH: northColor = c; break;
case SOUTH: southColor = c; break;
case EAST: eastColor = c; break;
case WEST: westColor = c; break;
default:
}
}

public void setThickness(int n) {
northThickness = n;
southThickness = n;
eastThickness = n;
westThickness = n;
}

public void setThickness(Insets insets) {
northThickness = insets.top;
southThickness = insets.bottom;
eastThickness = insets.right;
westThickness = insets.left;
}

public void setThickness(int n, int direction) {
switch (direction) {
case NORTH: northThickness = n; break;
case SOUTH: southThickness = n; break;
case EAST: eastThickness = n; break;
case WEST: westThickness = n; break;
default:
}
}

public void append(LinesBorder b, boolean isReplace) {
if (isReplace) {
northThickness = b.northThickness;
southThickness = b.southThickness;
eastThickness = b.eastThickness;
westThickness = b.westThickness;
} else {
northThickness = Math.max(northThickness ,b.northThickness);
southThickness = Math.max(southThickness ,b.southThickness);
eastThickness = Math.max(eastThickness ,b.eastThickness);
westThickness = Math.max(westThickness ,b.westThickness);
}
}

public void append(Insets insets, boolean isReplace) {
if (isReplace) {
northThickness = insets.top;
southThickness = insets.bottom;
eastThickness = insets.right;
westThickness = insets.left;
} else {
northThickness = Math.max(northThickness ,insets.top);
southThickness = Math.max(southThickness ,insets.bottom);
eastThickness = Math.max(eastThickness ,insets.right);
westThickness = Math.max(westThickness ,insets.left);
}
}
}




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