Changing default JTable column headings

Hi,
I've created a simple JTable using the following constructor:
JTable table = new JTable ( numRows, numCols);
and I would now like to change the default column headings ("A", "B", "C" etc) to something else. I'm trying to use the following method
setColumnIdentifiers
but how do I access the DefaultTableModel associated with table so that I can call this method?
Is there another way of changing the headings of my simple table?
Thanks a lot,
Leori.

myTable.getTableHeader().getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setHeaderValue("Foo");

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