JTable - How to add objects to a table?

Question

I have a class

class Person {
 String name;
 int age;
 Date DOB;
}
Person p1 = new Person(...);
Person p2 = new Person(...);

How do I add objects (like p1, p2) of this class to a table ?

Answer 1

This could be a good start:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html

Basically, you will have to create a TableModel, there you can add a method addPerson(Person p) which then takes the data from p and fills it into the table columns.

Answer 2

The DefaultTableModel stores data for individual cells. If you want to store data for rows of custom Objects then you need to create a custom TableModel. The Row Table Model was designed to replace the DefaultTableModel so that you can work with Objects at a row level. All you need to do is implement the getValueAt() and setValueAt() methods.

The Bean Table Model will handle this for you assuming you have getter/setters for your data fields. Or you you can look at the JButtonTableModel code example to see how this can be done manually.