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James

"James A. Schulz" <jaschulz@wiseware.com> wrote in message
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> I need to display a grid (55x25) of characters, and I need to control the
> colors (foreground and background) of each cell.
>
> Question 1: Should I use a table of Strings for this purpose?  Or would a
> table of Characters be better?  If the latter is preferable, how do I
> initialize my table with empty cells?  Or, since I need to control and
> maintain the colors of each cell, would a table of Object (where the
object
> would contain one char, and two ints for the colors) be the best choice?
> Again, how would I initialize such a table?
>
> Question 2: I know how to replace the DefaultCellRenderer, and I have seen
> several examples which show how to change cell colors based on cell value,
> but I need to control cell colors based solely on position in the grid and
I
> do not see how, in the custom renderer's code, I can check the row and
> column of the cell being rendered.  For instance, in my current effrot I
am
> using a table of strings and I am using the following renderer to center
the
> string (containing just one character):
>
>   public class MyCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {
>     public MyCellRenderer(int align) {
>       this.align = align;
>     };
>     protected void setValue(Object value) {
>       super.setValue(value);
>       setHorizontalAlignment(align);
>     };
>     protected int align;
>   };
>
> I know that I can use setForeground and setBackground in the context of
the
> setValue method, but I don't see how, in the method, I can test for cell
row
> and column values.  If I were using a table of custom objects (as
mentioned
> above) then the row and column values would come in the "value" argument
of
> the function, so maybe that is a reason to prefer a table of custon
Objects.
>
> thanks to anyone who can help.
>
> James
>
>