CellEditor.shouldSelectCell(EventObject anEvent) has the following syntax.
boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject anEvent)
In the following code shows how to use CellEditor.shouldSelectCell(EventObject anEvent) method.
// w w w . j av a2 s . com /* Java Swing, 2nd Edition By Marc Loy, Robert Eckstein, Dave Wood, James Elliott, Brian Cole ISBN: 0-596-00408-7 Publisher: O'Reilly */ // EmailTree.java //A Simple test to see how we can build a tree and populate it. This //application also uses custom renderers and editors. // import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.util.EventObject; import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.Vector; import javax.swing.CellEditor; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.event.CellEditorListener; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeCellEditor; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeCellRenderer; import javax.swing.tree.TreeCellEditor; public class Main extends JFrame { JTree tree; String[][] addresses = { { "paul@work.domain", "ptw@work.domain", "other@volunteer.domain" }, { "paul@home.domain" }, { "damian@work.domain", "damian@bigisp.domain" }, { "paged@pager.domain" }, { "damian@home.domain", "mosh@home.domain" }, { "angela@home.com" } }; public Main() { super(); setSize(400, 300); setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // 1.3 & higher // addWindowListener(new BasicWindowMonitor()); // 1.1 & 1.2 } public void init() { Hashtable h = new Hashtable(); Hashtable paul = new Hashtable(); paul.put("Work", addresses[0]); paul.put("Home", addresses[1]); Hashtable damian = new Hashtable(); damian.put("Work", addresses[2]); damian.put("Pager", addresses[3]); damian.put("Home", addresses[4]); Hashtable angela = new Hashtable(); angela.put("Home", addresses[5]); h.put("Paul", paul); h.put("Damian", damian); h.put("Angela", angela); tree = new JTree(h); DefaultTreeCellRenderer renderer = (DefaultTreeCellRenderer) tree .getCellRenderer(); renderer.setOpenIcon(new ImageIcon("mailboxdown.gif")); renderer.setClosedIcon(new ImageIcon("mailboxup.gif")); renderer.setLeafIcon(new ImageIcon("letter.gif")); EmailTreeCellEditor emailEditor = new EmailTreeCellEditor(); DefaultTreeCellEditor editor = new DefaultTreeCellEditor(tree, renderer, emailEditor); tree.setCellEditor(editor); tree.setEditable(true); getContentPane().add(tree, BorderLayout.CENTER); } public static void main(String args[]) { Main tt = new Main(); tt.init(); tt.setVisible(true); } } //EmailTreeCellEditor.java //An editor that actually manages two separate editors: one for folders //(nodes) that uses a combobox; and one for files (leaves) that uses a //textfield. // class EmailTreeCellEditor implements TreeCellEditor { EditorComboBox nodeEditor; EmailEditor leafEditor; CellEditor currentEditor; static String[] emailTypes = { "Home", "Work", "Pager", "Spam" }; public EmailTreeCellEditor() { EmailEditor tf = new EmailEditor(); EditorComboBox cb = new EditorComboBox(emailTypes); nodeEditor = cb; leafEditor = tf; } public Component getTreeCellEditorComponent(JTree tree, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean expanded, boolean leaf, int row) { if (leaf) { currentEditor = leafEditor; leafEditor.setText(value.toString()); } else { currentEditor = nodeEditor; nodeEditor.setSelectedItem(((DefaultMutableTreeNode) value) .getUserObject()); } return (Component) currentEditor; } public Object getCellEditorValue() { return currentEditor.getCellEditorValue(); } // All cells are editable in this example... public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject event) { return true; } public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject event) { return currentEditor.shouldSelectCell(event); } public boolean stopCellEditing() { return currentEditor.stopCellEditing(); } public void cancelCellEditing() { currentEditor.cancelCellEditing(); } public void addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener l) { nodeEditor.addCellEditorListener(l); leafEditor.addCellEditorListener(l); } public void removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener l) { nodeEditor.removeCellEditorListener(l); leafEditor.removeCellEditorListener(l); } } //EditorComboBox.java //A CellEditor JComboBox subclass for use with Trees (and possibly tables). //This version will work with any list of values passed as an Object[]. // class EditorComboBox extends JComboBox implements CellEditor { String value; Vector listeners = new Vector(); // Mimic all the constructors people expect with ComboBoxes. public EditorComboBox(Object[] list) { super(list); setEditable(false); value = list[0].toString(); // Listen to our own action events so that we know when to stop editing. addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { if (stopCellEditing()) { fireEditingStopped(); } } }); } // Implement the CellEditor methods. public void cancelCellEditing() { } // Stop editing only if the user entered a valid value. public boolean stopCellEditing() { try { value = (String) getSelectedItem(); if (value == null) { value = (String) getItemAt(0); } return true; } catch (Exception e) { // Something went wrong. return false; } } public Object getCellEditorValue() { return value; } // Start editing when the right mouse button is clicked. public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject eo) { if ((eo == null) || ((eo instanceof MouseEvent) && (((MouseEvent) eo) .isMetaDown()))) { return true; } return false; } public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject eo) { return true; } // Add support for listeners. public void addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener cel) { listeners.addElement(cel); } public void removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener cel) { listeners.removeElement(cel); } protected void fireEditingStopped() { if (listeners.size() > 0) { ChangeEvent ce = new ChangeEvent(this); for (int i = listeners.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { ((CellEditorListener) listeners.elementAt(i)) .editingStopped(ce); } } } } //EmailEditor.java //An extension of JTextField that requires an "@" somewhere in the field. //Meant to be used as a cell editor within a JTable or JTree. // class EmailEditor extends JTextField implements CellEditor { String value = ""; Vector listeners = new Vector(); // Mimic all the constructors people expect with text fields. public EmailEditor() { this("", 5); } public EmailEditor(String s) { this(s, 5); } public EmailEditor(int w) { this("", w); } public EmailEditor(String s, int w) { super(s, w); // Listen to our own action events so that we know when to stop editing. addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { if (stopCellEditing()) { fireEditingStopped(); } } }); } // Implement the CellEditor methods. public void cancelCellEditing() { setText(""); } // Stop editing only if the user entered a valid value. public boolean stopCellEditing() { try { String tmp = getText(); int at = tmp.indexOf("@"); if (at != -1) { value = tmp; return true; } return false; } catch (Exception e) { // Something went wrong (most likely we don't have a valid integer). return false; } } public Object getCellEditorValue() { return value; } // Start editing when the right mouse button is clicked. public boolean isCellEditable(EventObject eo) { if ((eo == null) || ((eo instanceof MouseEvent) && (((MouseEvent) eo) .isMetaDown()))) { return true; } return false; } public boolean shouldSelectCell(EventObject eo) { return true; } // Add support for listeners. public void addCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener cel) { listeners.addElement(cel); } public void removeCellEditorListener(CellEditorListener cel) { listeners.removeElement(cel); } protected void fireEditingStopped() { if (listeners.size() > 0) { ChangeEvent ce = new ChangeEvent(this); for (int i = listeners.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { ((CellEditorListener) listeners.elementAt(i)) .editingStopped(ce); } } } }