To refresh the contents in JTextArea on selection of a row in JTable.

Question

This is the block of code that i have tried :
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.SystemColor;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import ui.layouts.ComponentsBox;
import ui.layouts.GridPanel;
import ui.layouts.LayoutConstants;
import util.ui.UIUtil;
public class ElectronicJournal extends GridPanel {
     private boolean DEBUG = false;
     private boolean ALLOW_COLUMN_SELECTION = false;
private boolean ALLOW_ROW_SELECTION = true;
     private GridPanel jGPanel = new GridPanel();
     private GridPanel jGPanel1 = new GridPanel();
     private GridPanel jGPanel2 = new GridPanel();
     DefaultTableModel model;
     private JLabel jLblTillNo = UIUtil.getHeaderLabel("TillNo :");
     private JLabel jLblTillNoData = UIUtil.getBodyLabel("TILL123");
     private JLabel jLblData = UIUtil.getBodyLabel("Detailed View");
     private JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
     private JScrollPane spTimeEntryView = new JScrollPane();
     private JScrollPane pan = new JScrollPane();
     String html= " Item Description: Price Change \n Old Price: 40.00 \n New Price: 50.00 \n Authorized By:USER1123 \n";
     private JButton jBtnExporttoExcel = UIUtil.getButton(85,
               "Export to Excel - F2", "");
     final String[] colHeads = { "Task No", "Data", "User ID", "Date Time",
               "Description" };
     final Object[][] data = {
               { "1", "50.00", "USER123", "12/10/2006 05:30", "Price Change" },
               { "2", "100.00", "USER234", "15/10/2006 03:30", "Price Change12345"},
     final String[] colHeads1 = {"Detailed View" };
     final Object[][] data1 = {
               { "Task:Price Change", "\n"," Old Price:50.00"," \n ","New Price:100.00"," \n" }
     JTable jtblTimeEntry = new JTable(data, colHeads);
     JTable jTbl1 = new JTable(data1,colHeads1);
     ComponentsBox jpBoxButton = new ComponentsBox(LayoutConstants.X_AXIS);
     public ElectronicJournal() {
          super();
          jtblTimeEntry.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
          if (ALLOW_ROW_SELECTION) { // true by default
ListSelectionModel rowSM = jtblTimeEntry.getSelectionModel();
rowSM.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
//Ignore extra messages.
if (e.getValueIsAdjusting()) return;
ListSelectionModel lsm = (ListSelectionModel)e.getSource();
if (lsm.isSelectionEmpty()) {
System.out.println("No rows are selected.");
} else {
int selectedRow = lsm.getMinSelectionIndex();
System.out.println("Row " + selectedRow
+ " is now selected.");
textArea.append("asd \n 123 \n");
} else {
     jtblTimeEntry.setRowSelectionAllowed(false);
          if (DEBUG) {
               jtblTimeEntry.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
     public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
     printDebugData(jtblTimeEntry);
          initialize();
     private void printDebugData(JTable table) {
int numRows = table.getRowCount();
int numCols = table.getColumnCount();
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
System.out.println("Value of data: ");
for (int i=0; i < numRows; i++) {
System.out.print(" row " + i + ":");
for (int j=0; j < numCols; j++) {
System.out.print(" " + model.getValueAt(i, j));
System.out.println();
System.out.println("--------------------------");
     private void initialize() {
          this.setSize(680, 200);
          this.setBackground(java.awt.SystemColor.control);
          jBtnExporttoExcel.setBackground(SystemColor.control);
          ComponentsBox cmpRibbonHORZ = new ComponentsBox(LayoutConstants.X_AXIS);
          cmpRibbonHORZ.addComponent(jBtnExporttoExcel, false);
          jpBoxButton.add(cmpRibbonHORZ);
          this.addFilledComponent(jGPanel, 1, 1, 1, 1, GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          this.addFilledComponent(jGPanel1, 2, 1, 11, 5, GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          this.addFilledComponent(jGPanel2, 2, 13, 17, 5, GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          jGPanel.setSize(650, 91);
          jGPanel.setBackground(SystemColor.control);
          jGPanel.addFilledComponent(jLblTillNo,1,1,GridBagConstraints.WEST);
          jGPanel.addFilledComponent(jLblTillNoData,1,10,GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          jGPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0,0,0,0));
          jGPanel1.setBackground(SystemColor.control);
          jGPanel1.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 0,
                    0));
          spTimeEntryView.setViewportView(jtblTimeEntry);
          jGPanel1.addFilledComponent(spTimeEntryView, 1, 1, 11, 4,
                    GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          jGPanel2.addFilledComponent(jLblData,1,1,GridBagConstraints.WEST);
          jGPanel2.setBackground(SystemColor.control);
          jGPanel2.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 0,
                    0));
          //textArea.setText(html);
          pan.setViewportView(textArea);
     int selectedRow = jTbl1.getSelectedRow();
          System.out.println("selectedRow ::" +selectedRow);
          int colCount = jTbl1.getColumnCount();
          System.out.println("colCount ::" +colCount);
          StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
          System.out.println("Out Of For");
          /*for(int count =0;count<colCount;count++)
          {System.out.println("Inside For");
          buf.append(jTbl1.getValueAt(selectedRow,count));
          // method 1 : Constructs a new text area with the specified text. 
          textArea  =new JTextArea(buf.toString());
          //method 2 :To Append the given string to the text area's current text.   
         textArea.append(buf.toString());
          jGPanel2.addFilledComponent(pan,2,1,5,5,GridBagConstraints.BOTH);
          this.addAnchoredComponent(jpBoxButton, 7, 5, 11, 5,
                    GridBagConstraints.CENTER);
This code displays the same data on the JTextArea everytime i select each row,but my requirement is ,it has to refresh and display different datas in the JTextArea accordingly,as i select each row.Please help.Its urgent.
Message was edited by: Samyuktha
Samyuktha

Answer 1

Please help.Its urgentThen why didn't you use the formatting tags to make it easier for use to read the code?
Because of the above I didn't take a close look at your code, but i would suggest you should be using a ListSelectionListener to be notified when a row is selected, then you just populate the text area.