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Interface com.sun.java.swing.table.TableCellEditor

public interface TableCellEditor
extends CellEditor
This interface defines the methods any object that would like to be an editor of values for components such as ListBox, ComboBox, Tree, or Table, etc.


Method Index

 o getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable, Object, boolean, Object, int)
Sets an initial value for the editor.

Methods

 o getTableCellEditorComponent
 public abstract Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
                                                       Object value,
                                                       boolean isSelected,
                                                       Object columnID,
                                                       int rowIndex)
Sets an initial value for the editor. This will cause the editor to stopEditing and lose any partially edited value if the editor is editing when this method is called.

Returns the component that should be added to the client's Component hierarchy. Once installed in the client's hierarchy this component will then be able to draw and receive user input.

Parameters:
table - the JTable that is asking the editor to edit This parameter can be null.
value - the value of the cell to be edited. It is up to the specific editor to interpret and draw the value. eg. if value is the String "true", it could be rendered as a string or it could be rendered as a check box that is checked. null is a valid value.
isSelected - true is the cell is to be renderer with selection highlighting
columnID - the column identifier of the cell being edited
rowIndex - the row index of the cell being edited
Returns:
the component for editing

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