[svn:fx-trunk] 6201: Introduces a new method to the IItemRendererOwner contract, updateRendererInformation(), which handles the setting of a renderer' s data and data-dependant properties.

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Revision: 6201
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-04-22 14:15:50 -0700 (Wed, 22 Apr 2009)
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Answer 1

Well the answer depends on whether you want to use the DefaultTableModel or a custom TableModel. The key point to either solution is that you want to store all the data in the table model.
1) Using the DefaultTableModel
All the data from your Person object is added to the model. By default the table will create a column for each column of data added to the model. However, this doesn't mean that you need to display every column in the table. After creating the JTable you can simply do:
table.getColumnModel().removeColumn(...);to remove the columns you don't have room to display. You can still access the values in the model by using:
table.getModel().getValueAt(...);2) Create a custom TableModel
You can keep all the data in your Person object and then write a custom model to access the data. Something like this example:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=57&threadID=610618
Note: the example isn't complete as you still need methods to add each Person object or the entire List of Persons to the model.
Again, you would need to remove the columns you don't want displayed.
In either case you can then handle the tooltip by overriding the getTooltipText(...) method. Something like:
public String getToolTipText( MouseEvent e )
     int row = rowAtPoint( e.getPoint() );
     int column = columnAtPoint( e.getPoint() );
     Object value = getValueAt(row, column);
     return value == null ? null : value.toString();
}