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/**
 * our first JTable example;
 * adapted from Horstmann, Cornell, "Core Java 2 - Volume 2 - Advanced
 * Features", pp.360-361
 *
 * modified by: Sharon M. Tuttle
 * last modified: 2-18-01
**/

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

// note! tables are in a DIFFERENT package
import 	javax.swing.table.*;

public class TryJTable1
{
	// again, main just sets up an instance of an
	// "internal" extension of JFrame
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		JFrame frame = new TryJTable1Frame();
		frame.show();
	}
}

// here's that extension of JFrame used in main()
class TryJTable1Frame extends JFrame
{
    // you can declare the column names for the table
	// to be built as an array of String's
	// (these are directly from Horstmann and Cornell)
	private String columnNames[] =
	{
			"Planet", "Radius", "Moons", "Gaseous", "Color"
	};
			
	// you can declare the rows for the table
	// as an array of arrays --- array of arrays of objects;
	// (values here also directly from Horstmann and Cornell)
	private Object cells[][] =
	{
		// notice the different types of objects in the different
		// columns;
		{"Mercury", new Double(2440), new Integer(0), Boolean.FALSE,
		Color.yellow
		},
		{"Venus", new Double(6052.33333), new Integer(0), Boolean.FALSE, 
   		Color.red
		}
		// continued...
	};

	// here's the constructor for this JFrame extension
	public TryJTable1Frame()
	{
		JTable 		table;
		Container 	contentPane;
	
		setTitle("TryJTable1");
		setSize(1000, 100);

		// thou shalt exit properly when frame is closed...
		addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
			{
				public void WindowClosing(WindowEvent e)
				{
					System.exit(0);
				}
			}
		);   

		// instantiate this JTable with given contents,
		// columns (array of array of objects, array of Strings;
		// for other constructors, see Java API)
		table = new JTable(cells, columnNames);

		contentPane = getContentPane();		

		// notice the anonymous declaration of a
		// JScrollPane to hold the table, and
		// "Center" to indicate the center location
		// of contentPane's BorderLayout
		contentPane.add(new JScrollPane(table), "Center");
	}
}