"Trimming the Fat from Swing"
Vol. 8, Issue 7, p. 34

	



Listing 1

1   Thread worker = new Thread() {
2     public void run() {
3       //Do the database work here
4       Runnable r = new Runnable() {
5         public void run() {
6           //Update the GUI with 
              the data
7         }
8       };
9       SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r);
10    }
11  };
12  worker.start();

Listing 2

1  jButton1.setText("jButton1");
2  this.getContentPane().setLayout(
     gridBagLayout1);
3  jButton2.setText("jButton2");
4  this.getContentPane().add(jButton1, 
    new GridBagConstraints(0, 1, 1, 
    1, 1.0, 0.0, 
    GridBagConstraints.CENTER, 
    GridBagConstraints.NONE, new 
    Insets(0, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0));
5  this.getContentPane().add(jButton2, 
    new GridBagConstraints(1, 1, 1, 
    1, 1.0, 0.0, 
    GridBagConstraints.CENTER, 
    GridBagConstraints.NONE, 
    new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0));
6  this.getContentPane().add(jTable1, 
    new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 2, 
    1, 1.0, 1.0, 
    GridBagConstraints.CENTER, 
    GridBagConstraints.BOTH, 
    new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0), 0, 0));

Listing 3

1  jButton1.setText("jButton1");
2  jButton2.setText("jButton2");
3  getContentPane().setLayout(
    new GridBagLayout());
4  GridBagConstraints gbc = 
    new GridBagConstraints();
5  gbc.gridx = 
     GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
6  gbc.gridy = 0;
7  gbc.gridwidth = 2;
8  gbc.weightx = 1.0;
9  gbc.weighty = 1.0;
10 getContentPane().add(jTable1, gbc);
11 gbc.gridy++;
12 gbc.gridwidth=1;
13 gbc.weightx = 0.0;
14 gbc.weighty = 0.0;
15 getContentPane().add(jButton1, 
     gbc);
16 getContentPane().add(jButton2, 
     gbc);

Listing 4
    
1  public class ExampleTM 
    extends AbstractTableModel {
2    private String columnNames[] = 
      {"Widget Name", "Cost", 
       "Available", "Quantity"};
3    private Vector widgets;
4    public ExampleTM(Vector w) {
5      widgets = w;
6    }
7    public Class getColumnClass(
     int c) {
8      switch (c) {
9        case 0:
10         return String.class;
11       case 1:
12         return Double.class;
13       case 2:
14         return Boolean.class;
15       case 3:
16         return int.class;
17     }
18   }
19   public int getColumnCount() {
20     return 4;
21   }
22   public int getColumnName(
     int c) {
23     return columnNames[c];
24   }
25   public int getRowCount() {
26     return widgets.size();
27   }
28   public Object getValueAt(int r, 
     int c) {
29     Widget w = (Widget) 
        widgets.elementAt(r);
30     switch (c){
31       case 0:
32         return w.getName();
33       case 1:
34         return w.getCost();
35       case 2:
36         return w.isAvailable();
37       case 3:
38         return w.getQuantity();
39       default: 
40         return null;
41     }
42   }
43   public boolean isCellEditable(
       int r, int c) {
44     return false;
45   }
46 }