Keeping track of multiple tables

Question

I'm creating multiple tables by resuing the same JTable object and merely changing and the tablemodel associated with it. The number of tables I have are based on the number of data tables I have.
Right now I have an Mouselistener attached to my tables to register which rows and columns have been clicked on. My question is, how do I keep track of which table the row and column come from? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I won't do a lecture on Java object and reference here.
If a single JTable keeps changing its model or model data, it's simply no problem.
Are you going to do that?
However,
JTable t0, t1, t2, t3, ... ;
t0 = new JTable(model0);
t1 = t2 = t3 = ... = t0;
/* and, somewhere else ... */
t1.setModel(model1);
/* again elsewhere */
t2.setModel(model2);
.....This is certainly a disaster.
how do I keep track of which table the row and column come from?Define a custom class for object for managing table meta data. And use a Collection or a Map
for storing them. Or, simple set of meta data can be stored in your table model object that
extends DefaultTableModel. Don't extend AbstractTableModel -- that is often unnecessary
and often can be a futile, bogging and nightmarish effort. Keep yourself away from it.