How to set JTable cells to uneditable

I was trying to set the cells in my Jtable to uneditable.
I overrided the isCellEditable method. Here is what I did. But the
cells remain editable. Any ideas?
private class MyTableModel extends DefaultTableModel
public MyTableModel(Vector vectRow,Vector vecColumn)
super(vecVector,vecColumn);
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col)
if (col >= 0) {
return false;
}

Just Use:
public boolean isCellEditable(int r, int c) { return false; }

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yes it works when i set it for single column, but i'd like to use default editor, because column count is not fixed.
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More over problem seems to be with algoritm that decide which class to use. Object takes preference any time. W/o it npe arries.
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