Resize cells in a JTable.

I'd like to give some columns, in a jTable, an autoresize mode. It means fitting well with the content (being able to read the longest cell without having to resize the cell manualy by resizing the header).
Some tables of other applications (like the Excel ones) hava this ability.
Do S.O. have any idea of doing this?
Thanks.

extend a new class from javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer
and use setCellRenderer(...) on your JTable

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Great job camickr,
That did just what I wanted; you get the points for sure! I will say that It's surprising to me that Swing leaves so much work in calculation to be done for this simple idea.
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http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=57&threadID=5160875
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