This user has graciously shared a little bag of tricks with us. The first class, IndexedListModel, allows you to have a user Object for each element in the List. All the add/addElement/insertElementAt/set/setElementAt have a user object as a parameter. You can also call the setUserData(int index, Object o) to set the user’s object, as well as retrieve the user object by calling the method getUserObject(int row) or getUserObject(Object o).
The second class, SortableIndexedTableModel, lets you have a user object for each row. When adding a row, you can use the methods addRow(Vector v, Object userObject) or a addRow(Object[] row, Object userObject). You can then use the method getUserObject(int row) to retrieve the object for the specific row.
Both are followed with examples, along with downloadable files.
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import java.util.Hashtable;
/***********************************************************************
* Class: IndexedListModel
* Author: Amir Kost
* Purpose: This class enables to have a user Object for each element in the List.
* Usage: All the add/addElement/insertElementAt/set/setElementAt have a user object as a parameter.
* You can also call the setUserData(int index, Object o) to set the user's object.
* You can retrieve the user object by calling the method getUserObject(int row) or getUserObject(Object o).
***********************************************************************/
public class IndexedListModel extends DefaultListModel{
Hashtable userObjects = new Hashtable();
public IndexedListModel() {
}
public void addElement(Object o, Object userData) {
super.addElement(o);
userObjects.put(o, userData);
}
public void add(int index, Object o, Object userData) {
super.add(index, o);
userObjects.put(o, userData);
}
public void insertElementAt(Object o, int index, Object userData) {
super.insertElementAt(o, index);
userObjects.put(o, userData);
}
public Object set(int index, Object o, Object userData) {
userObjects.put(o, userData);
return super.set(index, o);
}
public void setElementAt(Object o, int index, Object userData) {
super.setElementAt(o, index);
userObjects.put(o, userData);
}
public Object remove(int index) {
Object o = get(index);
userObjects.remove(o);
return super.remove(index);
}
public boolean removeElement(Object o) {
userObjects.remove(o);
return super.removeElement(o);
}
public void removeElementAt(int index) {
Object o = get(index);
userObjects.remove(o);
super.removeElementAt(index);
}
public void removeAllElements() {
userObjects.clear();
super.removeAllElements();
}
public void clear() {
userObjects.clear();
super.clear();
}
public void removeRange(int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
if(fromIndex > toIndex)
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
for(int i = fromIndex; i < toIndex; i++) {
Object o = get(i);
userObjects.remove(o);
super.remove(i);
}
}
public Object getUserObject(Object o) {
return userObjects.get(o);
}
public Object getUserObject(int index) {
Object o = get(index);
return userObjects.get(o);
}
public void setUserData(int index, Object o) {
Object key = get(index);
userObjects.put(key, o);
}
// sets the data for the key only if key is an element in the List
// if key is not found - it does nothing
public void setUserData(Object key, Object val) {
if(this.indexOf(key) != -1)
userObjects.put(key, val);
}
}
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
/***********************************************************************
* Class: IndexedListExample
* Purpose: This class enables selection and deletion of files using the IndexedListModel.
* It displays only the name of the file, and allows deletion of selected files.
*
***********************************************************************/
public class IndexedListExample extends JFrame{
JList list;
IndexedListModel model;
JButton btnBrowse;
JButton btnDelete;
JPanel southPanel;
JFileChooser fileChooser;
public IndexedListExample() {
this.setTitle("IndexedList Example");
model = new IndexedListModel();
list = new JList(model);
btnBrowse = new JButton("Browse");
btnDelete = new JButton("Delete");
fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
fileChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
btnBrowse.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
onBrowse();
}
});
btnDelete.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
onDelete();
}
});
southPanel = new JPanel();
southPanel.add(btnBrowse);
southPanel.add(btnDelete);
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
getContentPane().add(list, BorderLayout.CENTER);
getContentPane().add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
list.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 200));
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
private void onBrowse() {
fileChooser.showDialog(this, "Select Files");
File[] files = fileChooser.getSelectedFiles();
for(int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
model.addElement(files[i].getName(), files[i]);
}
}
private void onDelete() {
int selIndex = list.getSelectedIndex();
if(selIndex == -1) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "No files were selected!", "", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
return;
}
else {
if(JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(this, "Are you sure you want to delete these files?", "", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION) != JOptionPane.YES_OPTION)
return;
}
while((selIndex = list.getSelectedIndex()) != -1) {
File f = (File) model.getUserObject(selIndex);
f.delete();
model.remove(selIndex);
}
}
protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
super.processWindowEvent(e);
if (e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
IndexedListExample indexedListExample1 = new IndexedListExample();
}
}
Here's IndexedTableModel.
/***********************************************************************
*
* Class: IndexedTableModel
* By: Amir Kost
* Purpose: This class allows having a user object for each row.
* Usage: When adding a row, you can use the methods addRow(Vector v, Object userObject) or a addRow(Object[] row, Object userObject).
* You can then use the method getUserObject(int row) to retrieve the object for the specific row.
*
***********************************************************************/
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelEvent;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class IndexedTableModel extends DefaultTableModel{
protected Hashtable userObjects = new Hashtable();
public IndexedTableModel() {
super();
}
public void addRow(Vector v, Object userObject) {
super.addRow(v);
userObjects.put(v, userObject);
}
public void addRow(Object[] row, Object userObject) {
super.addRow(row);
Vector v = (Vector) dataVector.get(dataVector.size() - 1);
userObjects.put(v, userObject);
}
public Object getUserObject(int row) {
return userObjects.get(dataVector.get(row));
}
}
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
/***********************************************************************
* Class: IndexedTableExample
* Purpose: This class enables selection and deletion of files using the IndexedTableModel.
* It displays only the name of the file and its date, and allows deletion of selected files.
*
***********************************************************************/
public class IndexedTableExample extends JFrame{
JTable table;
IndexedTableModel model;
JScrollPane scrollPane;
JButton btnBrowse;
JButton btnDelete;
JPanel southPanel;
JFileChooser fileChooser;
public IndexedTableExample() {
this.setTitle("IndexedTable Example");
model = new IndexedTableModel();
model.addColumn("File Name");
model.addColumn("Date");
table = new JTable(model) {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
return false;
}
};
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
btnBrowse = new JButton("Browse");
btnDelete = new JButton("Delete");
fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
fileChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
btnBrowse.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
onBrowse();
}
});
btnDelete.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
onDelete();
}
});
southPanel = new JPanel();
southPanel.add(btnBrowse);
southPanel.add(btnDelete);
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
getContentPane().add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 200));
pack();
setVisible(true);
}
private void onBrowse() {
fileChooser.showDialog(this, "Select Files");
File[] files = fileChooser.getSelectedFiles();
for(int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
Object[] row = new Object[2];
row[0] = files[i].getName();
row[1] = new Date(files[i].lastModified());
model.addRow(row, files[i]);
}
}
private void onDelete() {
int selIndex = table.getSelectedRow();
if(selIndex == -1) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "No files were selected!", "", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
return;
}
else {
if(JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(this, "Are you sure you want to delete these files?", "", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION) != JOptionPane.YES_OPTION)
return;
}
while((selIndex = table.getSelectedRow()) != -1) {
File f = (File) model.getUserObject(selIndex);
f.delete();
model.removeRow(selIndex);
}
}
protected void processWindowEvent(WindowEvent e) {
super.processWindowEvent(e);
if (e.getID() == WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
IndexedTableExample indexedTableExample1 = new IndexedTableExample();
}
}
Downloads
indexedlistexample.java = 3 Kb
indexedtableexample.java = 3 Kb
About the Author
Amir Kost has a B.A. degree in computer science and philosophy from
the University of Tel Aviv. He is currently working for Textology Ltd.,
which has a unique technology for classifying text documents for large
organizations, where he creates and maintains Swing applications.
