Tables in List Cells?

Question

I have been experimenting with some java swing gui components lately and I want to do the following, but have had no success thus far.
I have a list which I want to post some information in relative to an option the user can select. I can post some numbers in there but I want the following kind of layout in each cell...
| |__________|
|__________|__________|
basically a table in each cell with two columns by two rows and the left most cells merged. Information is obviously going in each cell which I have no problem doing. I tried creating a Vector of tables for the list constructor with no luck.
So any ideas on how this can be achieved would be appreciated. If I happen to be on the right track, I will post the code on what I have done, just basic steps for now please ;-)

Answer 1

public class MyCellRenderer extends JPanel implements ListCellRenderer {
     public MyCellRenderer() {
         setOpaque(true);
     public Component getListCellRendererComponent(
         JList list,
         Object value,
         int index,
         boolean isSelected,
         boolean cellHasFocus)
         // create a set of components using a GridBagLayout or something like
         // you were making any other similar layout.
         setBackground(isSelected ? Color.red : Color.white);
         setForeground(isSelected ? Color.white : Color.black);
         return this;
}