Custom table header

Question

Hi all!
Actually it seems pretty easy but I cannot find an answer in my mind. The problem is simply controlling column widths of multiple JTables with only one table header (consider we add lots of tables with same number of columns in boxlayout (and glued to borders of same container), well handling dragging thing is relatively easy since we may override columnMoved(TableColumnModelEvent e) in JTableHeader but there is nothing like something for resizing column widths or just I cannot see). Is there a way to reach column widths(I dunno maybe some kind of array or get function)?
do I have to create an custom Event for resizing widths?
I'm open to any abstract ideas, well do not try to explain things as a source code(If you want you definitely can do but it's kind of burden and it's not the best way to ask for "help" also this way is better for my programming skills, just tell me function or things to extend or implement)
Anyway, it would be pretty good to learn how to detect a change in a table's column widths(which event, etc...)
thanks for your helps:))

Answer 1

to be more precise if there is someone just like me, lookin for this:
package ComponentDisplayer;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class TableColumnTest extends JFrame
     public TableColumnTest()
          JTable north = new JTable(5, 10);
          //north.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(north.getPreferredSize());
          JTable south = new JTable(5, 10);
          //south.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(south.getPreferredSize());
          south.setColumnModel( north.getColumnModel() );
          south.setTableHeader(north.getTableHeader());
          JPanel jp=new JPanel();
          jp.setLayout(new BoxLayout(jp, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
          jp.add(north.getTableHeader());
          jp.add(north);
          jp.add(south);
          jp.remove(north);
          /*JScrollPane spsouth=new JScrollPane(south);
          spsouth.setSize(south.getColumnModel().getTotalColumnWidth(),south.getRowCount()*south.getRowHeight());
          spsouth.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(south.getColumnModel().getTotalColumnWidth(),south.getRowCount()*south.getRowHeight()));
          JScrollPane spnorth=new JScrollPane(north);
          spnorth.setSize(north.getColumnModel().getTotalColumnWidth(),north.getRowCount()*north.getRowHeight());
          spnorth.setMaximumSize(new Dimension(north.getColumnModel().getTotalColumnWidth(),north.getRowCount()*north.getRowHeight()));
          jp.add( spnorth);
          jp.add( spsouth);
          north.setValueAt(new String("north"), 0, 0);
          south.setValueAt(new String("south"), 0, 0);
          getContentPane().add(jp);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          TableColumnTest frame = new TableColumnTest();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
          frame.setVisible(true);
}