-- Main.aberrant - 20 May 2008 Demonstrates how to color an entire row of a table by overriding prepareRenderer().

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;

/**
 * AlternateRowshadingDemo:
 * 
 * Demonstrates how to color an entire row of a table
 * by overriding prepareRenderer();
 * 
 * @author Collin Fagan
 */
public class AlternateRowshadingDemo extends JPanel {

   private static final Color ROW_SHADE = new Color(0xef3f3f3);
   
   private JTable table = new JTable() {
      @Override
      public Component prepareRenderer(TableCellRenderer renderer, int row,
            int column) {

         JComponent comp = (JComponent) super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row,
               column);

         if (table.getSelectedRow() != row) {
            if (row % 2 == 0) {
               comp.setBackground(ROW_SHADE);
            } else {
               comp.setBackground(table.getBackground());
            }
         }

         return comp;
      }
   };
   /**
    * sample data column names
    */

   private static final String sportColumn = "Sport";
   private String[] columnNames = { "First Name", "Last Name", sportColumn,
         "# of Years", "Vegetarian" };

   /**
    * sample table data
    */
   private Object[][] data = {
         { "Mary", "Campione", "Snowboarding", 5, Boolean.FALSE },
         { "Alison", "Huml", "Rowing", 3, Boolean.FALSE },
         { "Kathy", "Walrath", "Knitting", 2, Boolean.FALSE },
         { "Sharon", "Zakhour", "Speed reading", 20, Boolean.FALSE },
         { "Philip", "Milne", "Pool", 10, Boolean.FALSE } };

   /**
    * Constructor builds the demo creating the table and associated renderer.
    */
   public AlternateRowshadingDemo() {
      DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames);
      table.setModel(model);

      setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
      table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
      add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
   }

   /**
    * Start the demo on the Event Dispatch Thread.
    * 
    * @param args
    *            the command line arguments
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // turn bold fonts off in metal
      UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);

      SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
            JFrame demoFrame = new JFrame();
            demoFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            demoFrame.setContentPane(new AlternateRowshadingDemo());
            demoFrame.pack();
            demoFrame.setVisible(true);
         }
      });
   }
}