Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.List; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.table.TableColumn; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) { } // public TableColumn[] getColumnsInModel(JTable table) { List result = new ArrayList(); for (Enumeration e = table.getColumnModel().getColumns(); e.hasMoreElements();) { result.add((TableColumn) e.nextElement()); } Collections.sort(result, new TableColumnComparator()); return (TableColumn[]) result.toArray(new TableColumn[result.size()]); } } class TableColumnComparator implements Comparator { public int compare(Object a, Object b) { TableColumn c1 = (TableColumn) a; TableColumn c2 = (TableColumn) b; if (c1.getModelIndex() < c2.getModelIndex()) { return -1; } else if (c1.getModelIndex() == c2.getModelIndex()) { return 0; } else { return 1; } } }