source: main/trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/TableUtils.java@ 31717

package org.greenstone.gatherer.util;

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

/**
 * Utilites for manipulating JTables.
 *
 * @author Marc Hedlund
 *   <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>
 * @version $Revision: 7540 $
 */

public class TableUtils  {

  // This is based on code found at
  // <http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ui/swingComponents/table.html>,
  // somewhat modified.

//    public static void setPreferredCellSizes(JTable table) {
//      TableModel model = table.getModel();
//      TableColumnModel colModel = table.getColumnModel();

//      for (int i = 0; i < model.getColumnCount(); i++) {
//        TableColumn column = colModel.getColumn(i);

//        int longestCell = 0;
//        int highestCell = 0;

//        for (int j = 0; j < model.getRowCount(); j++) {
//          Object value = model.getValueAt(j, i);
//          if (value == null) continue;

//          Component cell =
//            table.getDefaultRenderer(model.getColumnClass(i)).
//            getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value,
//                                          false, false, j, i);

//          int width = cell.getPreferredSize().width;
//          int height = cell.getPreferredSize().height;

//          if (width > longestCell) longestCell = width;         
//          if (height > highestCell) highestCell = height;
//        }

//        Component headerComp = column.getHeaderRenderer().
//          getTableCellRendererComponent(table, column.getHeaderValue(),
//                                        false, false, 0, 0);

//        int headerWidth = headerComp.getPreferredSize().width;
//        int headerHeight = headerComp.getPreferredSize().height;

//        column.setPreferredWidth(Math.max(headerWidth, longestCell));

//        int currentHeight = table.getRowHeight();
//        int preferredHeight = Math.max(headerHeight, highestCell);

//        table.setRowHeight(Math.max(currentHeight, preferredHeight));
//      }
//    }                                                                   

  /**
   * Takes a column in an existing table and makes it fixed-width.
   * Specifically, it sets the column's minimum and maximum widths to
   * its preferred width, and disables auto-resize for the table as a
   * whole.
   *
   * <p>
   *
   * Later on this should take a column array for efficiency.
   *
   * @param table JTable The table to modify
   * @param colIndex int Which column to fix
   * @return int The width of the column as it was fixed
   */

  public static int fixColumnToPreferredWidth(JTable table, int colIndex) {
    table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_NEXT_COLUMN);

    TableColumnModel tcm = table.getColumnModel();
    TableColumn col = tcm.getColumn(colIndex);
    int width = col.getPreferredWidth();

    col.setMaxWidth(width);
    col.setMinWidth(width);    

    //table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);

    return width;
  }
}