I run into an infinite loop when I try and use this print method

Question

Hi,
I have the following class. If i run it in stand alone, everything works out great. However, if I call it from a much larger application (which is why I have built this class), I run into an infinite loop. I have no idea why, but I have pinpointed it to the line: tableView.getTableHeader().paint(g2);
Any help is greatly appreciated. I have been tryin to figure this out for a week now, and I havent gotten anywhere. It makes no sense to me, since this works as a standalone application, but if i put a method similar to the main() inside a much larger application, I end up with an inifinite loop.
Thanks again!
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class printTableTest implements Printable, Pageable {
     private PageFormat pf;
     private String[] headers = { "Heading 1", "Heading 2", "Heading 3"};
     private ArrayList<Object[][]> data = new ArrayList<Object[][]>();
     public printTableTest(PageFormat format) {
          this.pf = format;
                                           this.setObjects();
     public int getNumberOfPages() {
        return 1;
    public PageFormat getPageFormat(int pageIndex) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {
        return pf;
     public void setObjects() {
          for(int x=0; x < 3; x++) {
               int ndx = 0;
               Object[][] tempData = new Object[2][3               for (; ndx < 2 ; ) {
                    tempData[ndx] = new Object[] { "col 1: " + x, "col 2: " + x, "col 3: " + x };
                    ndx++;
               data.add(tempData);
    public Printable getPrintable(int pageIndex) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {
        return this;
     public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException {
          JFrame frame = null;
          JTable tableView = null;                                                       System.err.println("here");
          Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
          //Object[][] data = new Object[3][3];
          g2.setColor(Color.black);
          g2.translate(format.getImageableX() + 72, format.getImageableY() + 72);
          for(int x=0; x < data.size(); x++) {
               tableView = new JTable(new PrintTableModel(headers, data.get(x)));
               frame = new JFrame();
               JScrollPane scrollpane = new JScrollPane(tableView);
               scrollpane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 80));
               frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
               frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER,scrollpane);
               frame.pack();
               tableView.paint(g2);
               g2.translate(0, - tableView.getTableHeader().getHeight());
               tableView.getTableHeader().paint(g2);
               g2.translate(0, format.getImageableHeight()/3);
          return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
          printTableTest pp = new printTableTest( printerJob.defaultPage());
          printerJob.setPageable(pp);
          boolean doPrint = printerJob.printDialog();
          if (doPrint) {
               try {
                    printerJob.print();
               } catch (PrinterException exception) {
                    System.err.println("Printing error: " + exception);
         System.exit(0);
     private class PrintTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
          private Object[][] data = null;
          private String[] headers = null;
          public PrintTableModel(String[] headers, Object[][] data) {
               this.headers = headers;
               this.data = data;
          public int getColumnCount() { return headers.length; }
          public int getRowCount() { return data.length; }
          public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) { return data[row][col]; }
          public String getColumnName(int column) { return headers[column]; }
          public Class getColumnClass(int col) { return getValueAt(0,col).getClass(); }
          public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) { return false; }
          public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column) { data[row][column] = aValue; }
}

Answer 1

Log the parameters passed to my print method?
The only parameter that would be relevant would be the pageNumber, and I can tell you that it continues to loop. Here is an example of the output:
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
Page: 0
and here is the Thread Trace:
AWT-EventQueue-0@42f prio=6, in group "main", status: WAIT
       wait():-1, Object.java
       wait():474, Object.java
       getNextEvent():345, EventQueue.java
       pumpOneEventForHierarchy():189, EventDispatchThread.java
       pumpEventsForHierarchy():163, EventDispatchThread.java
       pumpEvents():157, EventDispatchThread.java
       pumpEvents():149, EventDispatchThread.java
       run():110, EventDispatchThread.java
AWT-Shutdown@430 prio=5, in group "main", status: WAIT
       wait():-1, Object.java
       wait():474, Object.java
       run():259, AWTAutoShutdown.java
       run():595, Thread.java
Java2D Disposer@2a0 daemon prio=10, in group "main", status: WAIT
       wait():-1, Object.java
       remove():116, ReferenceQueue.java
       remove():132, ReferenceQueue.java
       run():107, Disposer.java
       run():595, Thread.java
AWT-Windows@fc daemon prio=6, in group "main", status: RUNNING
       eventLoop():-1, WToolkit.java
       run():269, WToolkit.java
       run():595, Thread.java
Signal Dispatcher@2a2 daemon prio=10, in group "system", status: RUNNING
Finalizer@2a3 daemon prio=8, in group "system", status: WAIT
       wait():-1, Object.java
       remove():116, ReferenceQueue.java
       remove():132, ReferenceQueue.java
       run():159, Finalizer.java
Reference Handler@2a4 daemon prio=10, in group "system", status: WAIT
       wait():-1, Object.java
       wait():474, Object.java
       run():116, Reference.java
main@1 prio=5, in group "main", status: RUNNING
       print():68, printTableTest.java
       redrawRegion():906, WPathGraphics.java
       printPage():1817, RasterPrinterJob.java
       print():1334, RasterPrinterJob.java
       print():1196, RasterPrinterJob.java
       main():1922, TOLMainFrame.java