Validating  JCombox value inside JTable

Hi people.
I have such a task I can't complete without your help.
I have a JTable with JComboboxes attached as cell editors, just like in the tutorial.
JCombos are editable, so user can select value or type something.
My task is to evaluate what value the user is typed manualy, and if he typed something wrong roll back the editing.
I don't really know from what point should I start...
I know how to track chamges during ItemSelect, but got no idea how to track manual input and how to rollback it.
Edited by: Crosswinder on Aug 27, 2010 12:11 AM

If you want to keep the editor open, override stopCellEditing() in the CellEditor and return false on a invalid value.
Or you can ignore the invalid value in TableModel#setValueAt().

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    import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
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    import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
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    1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
    2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
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              TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
              table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
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    import java.util.Enumeration;
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              Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
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                   return 0;
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    import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
    import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
    import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
    import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
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    import java.util.Set;
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  • Reposting - JTextArea inside Jtable - Tab, Focus issues

    Sorry for reposting this again...I didn't format the code in my previous post.
    I am facing the following problems with JTextArea inside Jtable Cell
    1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
    2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
    3. focus does not shit out of the 5th column (JTextArea) after pressing the tab key or enter key once. i have to do that twice to force the focus out.
    Following is the code which i have implemented. Please let me know what is being missed out to rectify the above problems.
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    import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
    import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
    import javax.swing.Action;
    import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
    import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
    import javax.swing.InputMap;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
    import javax.swing.JTable;
    import javax.swing.JTextField;
    import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
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         public test() {
              table = new JTable(15, 5) {
                   public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
                        return column % 2 == 0;
                        // return true;
                   public void changeSelection(final int row, final int column,
                             boolean toggle, boolean extend) {
                        super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
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              table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost", Boolean.TRUE);
              TextAreaRenderer textAreaRenderer = new TextAreaRenderer();
              TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
              table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
              table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellEditor(textEditor);
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