How to change or find column type in JTable

Question

I want to insert JCheckBox in every row in JTable so I try to change my first column type. When I try this code, I get "java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Boolean" error.

 DefaultTableModel model=new DefaultTableModel(){
            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;  
             @Override
            public Class<?> getColumnClass(int column) {  
                    switch (column) {  
                        case 0:
                            return Boolean.class;
                        case 1:  
                            return String.class;
                        case 2:  
                            return String.class;
                        case 3:  
                            return String.class; 
                        default:
                            return   String.class;
                    }  
           } 
   }

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 18:36

static String[] columnNames={"Name","Surname","Boolean"};
static Object[][] data={ {null,null,null };
JTable table=new JTable(data,columnNames);


public static void RESULTS(){
try{
rs=stm.executeQuery(sql);
Object[] row=new Object[2];
 DefaultTableModel model=new DefaultTableModel(){
            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;  
             @Override
            public Class<?> getColumnClass(int column) {  
                    switch (column) {  
                        case 2: return Boolean.class;
                        default: return   String.class;
                                     }  
            }        
};
table.setModel(model);
model.setColumnIdentifiers(columNames);
while (rs.next()){
            for (int v=1;v<3;v++){
                    if(v==2){ row[2]=false; // or true..

                             } 
                    else{ row[v-1]=rs.getObject(v); }     
            }
            model.addRow(row);            
}//while
rs.close();
 }//try
 catch (SQLException e) { System.out.println(e); }           
 }

I did that, it works

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Be certain to add values of type Boolean.class to your TableModel, as shown here. See also Creating a Table Model for a typical implementation.

@Override
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int c) {
    return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
}

Addendum: I changed row value as true.

There are several ways to ensure that the model contains a value of type Boolean.class:

Boolean.TRUE or Boolean.FLASE, constants defined in java.lang.Boolean.
Boolean.valueOf(boolean b), where b may be a value or expression yielding boolean.
true or false, literals that are autoboxed since Java 1.5.

As @kleopatra notes, the simple tutorial implementation fails to meet two essential critera:

Guard against null values.
Return the same value for the lifetime of the model.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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I changed row value as true in resultment statement. it works too. – Alify Sep 28 '13 at 07:20
funny how subtly incorrect solutions tend to spread at times ;-) Copying my recent comment to @Reimnus' answer in a similar question: a) asking the value for its class should at least be guarded against null b) asking the value for its class may subtly violate TableModel's contract: the class must be the same for the lifetime of the model, which isn't guaranteed if the the value is changed – kleopatra Sep 28 '13 at 09:40
@Alify am I interpreting your comment correctly when assuming that the _content_ of the first column bad not been booleans? So your error was elsewhere, your original approach (regarding column class) was and is correct :-) – kleopatra Sep 28 '13 at 09:46

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