Why does my JTable sort an integer column incorrectly?

Question

I have a JTable that uses a DefaultTableModel and I allow for sorting when the user clicks on the column headers. However, when the user clicks on a header for a column that

Answer 1

Try this little example.

The better way

As suggested by Kleopatra, defining a column class relevant for each, will be enough to get the data to be sorted correctly.

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.util.Comparator;

class TableSorting {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Object[][] data = {
            {new Integer(1), "Don't Let Go", new Integer(179)},
            {new Integer(2), "Photograph", new Integer(29)},
            {new Integer(3), "Hash Pipe", new Integer(186)},
            {new Integer(4), "Island In The Sun", new Integer(200)},
            {new Integer(5), "Crab", new Integer(154)},
            {new Integer(6), "Knock-Down Drag-Out", new Integer(128)},
            {new Integer(7), "Smile", new Integer(158)},
            {new Integer(8), "Simple Pages", new Integer(176)},
            {new Integer(9), "Glorious Day", new Integer(160)},
            {new Integer(10), "O Girlfriend", new Integer(230)}
        };
        Object[] columns = {"Track #", "Title", "Length"};
        DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data,columns) {
            @Override
            public Class getColumnClass(int column) {
                switch (column) {
                    case 0:
                        return Integer.class;
                    case 1:
                        return String.class;
                    case 2:
                        return Integer.class;
                    default:
                        return String.class;
                }
            }
        };
        JTable table = new JTable(model);
        JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
        table.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, scroll);
    }
}

Original, using a comparator

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import java.util.Comparator;

class TableSorting {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Object[][] data = {
            {new Integer(1), "Don't Let Go", new Integer(179)},
            {new Integer(2), "Photograph", new Integer(29)},
            {new Integer(3), "Hash Pipe", new Integer(186)},
            {new Integer(4), "Island In The Sun", new Integer(200)},
            {new Integer(5), "Crab", new Integer(154)},
            {new Integer(6), "Knock-Down Drag-Out", new Integer(128)},
            {new Integer(7), "Smile", new Integer(158)},
            {new Integer(8), "Simple Pages", new Integer(176)},
            {new Integer(9), "Glorious Day", new Integer(160)},
            {new Integer(10), "O Girlfriend", new Integer(230)}
        };
        Object[] columns = {"Track #", "Title", "Length"};
        JTable table = new JTable(data, columns);
        JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
        DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data,columns);
        TableRowSorter trs = new TableRowSorter(model);

        class IntComparator implements Comparator {
            public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
                Integer int1 = (Integer)o1;
                Integer int2 = (Integer)o2;
                return int1.compareTo(int2);
            }

            public boolean equals(Object o2) {
                return this.equals(o2);
            }
        }

        trs.setComparator(0, new IntComparator());

        table.setRowSorter(trs);

        scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
        table.setAutoCreateRowSorter(false);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, scroll);
    }
}