Two JTables using the same RowSorter

Question

Ok, I have the following situation:
package testing;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class Testing
     public static void main(String args[])
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("SplitPaneTest");
          String[] columnNames =
                    {"First Name",     "Last Name",     "Sport",               "# of Years",          "Vegetarian",           "#",     "A Number"};
          Object[][] data =
                  {{"Mary",      "Campione",      "Snowboarding",      new Integer(5),      new Boolean(false),     "1",      new Float(37.1)},
                   {"Alison",    "Huml",            "Rowing",                new Integer(3),      new Boolean(true),     "2",      new Float(324.76)},
                   {"Kathy",     "Walrath",           "Knitting",           new Integer(2),      new Boolean(false),     "4",      new Float(6)},
                   {"Sharon",    "Zakhour",           "Speed reading",      new Integer(20),      new Boolean(true),     "3",      new Float(4567)},
                   {"Philip",      "Milne",           "Pool",                new Integer(10),      new Boolean(false),     "5",      new Float(1337)},};
          DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames);
          JTable leftTable      = new JTable(model);
          JTable rightTable      = new JTable(model);
          leftTable.removeColumn(leftTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(6));
          leftTable.removeColumn(leftTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(5));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(4));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(3));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(2));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(1));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0));
          leftTable.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
          rightTable.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
          JScrollPane leftScrollPane = new JScrollPane(leftTable);
          JScrollPane rightScrollPane = new JScrollPane(rightTable);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));
          frame.add(leftScrollPane);
          frame.add(rightScrollPane);
          frame.setVisible(true);
          frame.pack();
}Basically what I want to do is when the user sorts either one of the tables, I want the adjacent table to sort as well according to the column of the clicked table. Also, on an unrelated note, does anyone know of a more efficient means of setting the models of the table so I don't have to remove the unwanted columns:
          leftTable.removeColumn(leftTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(6));
          leftTable.removeColumn(leftTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(5));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(4));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(3));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(2));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(1));
          rightTable.removeColumn(rightTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0));Thank you for your time,
Brandon

Answer 1

Thanks for the comment and the link. It seemed to work with OP's SSCCE when I tested it, maybe there isn't a problem when both tables also share the same TableModel?
db (busy with some office work now and no time to run any further tests)