Table Library

One of the most commonly used Java GUI widgets is the JTable. JTable’s framework is extremely flexible and powerful, yet lacks the functionality which is often required in modern applications. Our table library attempts to make  these missing features available to Java developers.

Table Library enhances the functionality and appearance of tables in Java. A lot more new features are also introduced, the most important of which are summarized below:

Sorting: Sort the table’s data by clicking on a column header. Multi-column sorting support.

Filtering: Filter the table’s data. Rows and columns can be filtered. Excel-like filtering is provided.

Visual Enhancements: Alternative rows colour, styles, editors.

Cell merging and splitting: Merge multiple cells of a table into one.

Groupable Table Header: Group table columns together.

TreeTable component: The combination of a tree and a table. Supports multi-level trees, headers, footers and aggregate functions.

Works with any Look and Feel: Because Table Library does not depend on any UI classes, changing the Look and Feel will not affect the table’s functionality.

Caching: Easily and efficiently cache your table’s data.

Database Support: Connect to a relational database and display millions of rows in a table. Data is read from the database on-demand and is cached on the client-side so that to minimize network traffic and improve server performance. Additionally, the table does not freeze while fetching data from the database, as the data is retrieved asynchronously

CrossTab feature: Easily display cross-tab (pivot) database queries.

TreeTable Database Support: Produce a hierarchical tree structure of the data lying in a relational database, while supplying your own SQL aggregate functions.

In addition to the above features, our table library has the following characteristics:

The library can be readily incorporated into existing code. The classes in the library extend classes, or implement interfaces in the javax.swing, javax.swing.table and javax.swing.event packages and therefore integrate seamlessly with your Java applications or applets.

Changes to the Look and Feel (UI) of your application (or applet) immediately reflect on the table.

Simple to use, yet fully customizable, powerful and most comprehensive API, entirely documented with Javadoc.

Delivers fast and reliable performance.

Works with almost any Java versions - from 1.2 up to the recently released 1.5.

We offer a fully functional evaluation version, with the only limitation that a popup window is being displayed once in a while.

As the library is being used by our software development team, it is constantly being improved and enhanced with new features.