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Problems with Scala Swing library

Hello I am having problems when using the Scala Swing library in version 2.8 Beta1-prerelease. I have a situation where I want to show a table in GUI, and update it as results are returned from a SQL request. Which way could this be done in Scala, at the moment i am using the DefaultTableModel from Java library.

Another thing is that I want the table to be sortable afterwards, I cant see if Scala swing library supports this either?

Solution

  • No - the scala swing library does not support sorting of Table - your best best is to revert to using JTable (i.e. the java swing class). A couple of things to note:

    1. Don't use DefaultTableModel - use AbstractTableModel and implement the getSize and getValueAt methods. A table model should follow the adapter pattern

    2. The appalling Java generics on the RowSorter are annoying when used with scala. You will have to use explicit generic type arguments