Change the background color of a row in a JTable

Question

I have a JTable with 3 columns. I\'ve set the TableCellRenderer for all the 3 columns like this (maybe not very effective?).

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Answer 1

This is basically as simple as repainting the table. I haven't found a way to selectively repaint just one row/column/cell however.

In this example, clicking on the button changes the background color for a row and then calls repaint.

public class TableTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        final Color[] rowColors = new Color[] {
                randomColor(), randomColor(), randomColor()
        };
        final JTable table = new JTable(3, 3);
        table.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class, new TableCellRenderer() {
            @Override
            public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,
                    Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
                    int row, int column) {
                JPanel pane = new JPanel();
                pane.setBackground(rowColors[row]);
                return pane;
            }
        });
        frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        JButton btn = new JButton("Change row2's color");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                rowColors[1] = randomColor();
                table.repaint();
            }
        });

        frame.add(table, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private static Color randomColor() {
        Random rnd = new Random();
        return new Color(rnd.nextInt(256),
                rnd.nextInt(256), rnd.nextInt(256));
    }
}