Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JList; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer; class ComplexCellRenderer implements ListCellRenderer { protected DefaultListCellRenderer defaultRenderer = new DefaultListCellRenderer(); public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) { Font theFont = null; Color theForeground = null; Icon theIcon = null; String theText = null; JLabel renderer = (JLabel) defaultRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus); if (value instanceof Object[]) { Object values[] = (Object[]) value; theFont = (Font) values[0]; theForeground = (Color) values[1]; theIcon = (Icon) values[2]; theText = (String) values[3]; } else { theFont = list.getFont(); theForeground = list.getForeground(); theText = ""; } if (!isSelected) { renderer.setForeground(theForeground); } if (theIcon != null) { renderer.setIcon(theIcon); } renderer.setText(theText); renderer.setFont(theFont); return renderer; } } public class ComplexRenderingSample { public static void main(String args[]) { Object elements[][] = { { new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, 20), Color.RED, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("TimesRoman", Font.BOLD, 14), Color.BLUE, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("Courier", Font.ITALIC, 18), Color.GREEN, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("Helvetica", Font.BOLD | Font.ITALIC, 12), Color.GRAY, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN, 32), Color.PINK, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 16), Color.YELLOW, new MyIcon(), "A" }, { new Font("Helvetica", Font.ITALIC, 8), Color.DARK_GRAY, new MyIcon(), "A" } }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Complex Renderer"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JList jlist = new JList(elements); ListCellRenderer renderer = new ComplexCellRenderer(); jlist.setCellRenderer(renderer); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(jlist); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } } class MyIcon implements Icon { public MyIcon() { } public int getIconHeight() { return 20; } public int getIconWidth() { return 20; } public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) { g.setColor(Color.RED); g.drawRect(0, 0, 25, 25); } }