Want to hide Jtable column

Question

i want to hide Jtable's column and its data but the point is data should remains in table model
or we can say we acces that data any where from this method.
table.getModel().getValueAt(...)
below is the code which i used to hide column from table.
table coulmn tb= priceTable.getColumn(priceTable.getColumnName(2));
TableColumnModel tcm= priceTable.getColumnModel();
tcm.removeColumn(tb);
but the problem is that this column data still show in table.column already hide.
what i do for it?

Answer 1

Setting a column's width to zero -- a hack.
Using removeColumn -- priceless ;-)
Works for me:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class TableExample implements Runnable, ActionListener {
    private JTable table;
    private TableColumn tc;
    public void run() {
        table = new JTable(10,10);
        JToggleButton btn = new JToggleButton("toggle column A's visibility");
        btn.addActionListener(this);
        JFrame f = new JFrame("TableExample");
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(table), BorderLayout.CENTER);
        f.getContentPane().add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        f.pack();
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setVisible(true);
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
        TableColumnModel tcm = table.getColumnModel();
        if (tc==null) {
            tc = tcm.getColumn(0);
            tcm.removeColumn(tc);
        } else {
            tcm.addColumn(tc);
            tcm.moveColumn(tcm.getColumnCount() - 1, 0);
            tc = null;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new TableExample());
}