Drag and Drop Custom TransferHandler for a JList - Java Swing

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Description

Drag and Drop Custom TransferHandler for a JList

Demo Code

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.DropMode;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.TransferHandler;

class ListTransferHandler extends TransferHandler {
  @Override/* www.  j ava  2s  .c om*/
  public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
    return TransferHandler.COPY_OR_MOVE;
  }

  @Override
  protected Transferable createTransferable(JComponent source) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    JList<String> sourceList = (JList<String>) source;
    String data = sourceList.getSelectedValue();
    Transferable t = new StringSelection(data);
    return t;
  }

  @Override
  protected void exportDone(JComponent source, Transferable data, int action) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    JList<String> sourceList = (JList<String>) source;

    String movedItem = sourceList.getSelectedValue();

    if (action == TransferHandler.MOVE) {
      DefaultListModel<String> listModel = (DefaultListModel<String>) sourceList
          .getModel();
      listModel.removeElement(movedItem);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public boolean canImport(TransferHandler.TransferSupport support) {
    if (!support.isDrop()) {
      return false;
    }
    return support.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean importData(TransferHandler.TransferSupport support) {
    if (!this.canImport(support)) {
      return false;
    }
    Transferable t = support.getTransferable();
    String data = null;
    try {
      data = (String) t.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
      if (data == null) {
        return false;
      }
    } catch (UnsupportedFlavorException | IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
      return false;
    }
    JList.DropLocation dropLocation = (JList.DropLocation) support
        .getDropLocation();

    int dropIndex = dropLocation.getIndex();
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    JList<String> targetList = (JList<String>) support.getComponent();

    DefaultListModel<String> listModel = (DefaultListModel<String>) targetList
        .getModel();

    if (dropLocation.isInsert()) {
      listModel.add(dropIndex, data);
    } else {
      listModel.set(dropIndex, data);
    }

    return true;
  }
}

public class Main extends JFrame {
  private JLabel newLabel = new JLabel("New:");
  private JTextField newTextField = new JTextField(10);
  private JLabel sourceLabel = new JLabel("Source");
  private JLabel destLabel = new JLabel("Destination");
  private JList<String> sourceList = new JList<>(new DefaultListModel<>());
  private JList<String> destList = new JList<>(new DefaultListModel<>());

  public Main(String title) {
    super(title);
    DefaultListModel<String> sourceModel = (DefaultListModel<String>) sourceList
        .getModel();

    DefaultListModel<String> destModel = (DefaultListModel<String>) destList
        .getModel();
    for (int i = 0; i < 29; i++) {
      sourceModel.add(i, "Source Item " + i);
      destModel.add(i, "Destination Item " + i);
    }

    Container contentPane = this.getContentPane();

    Box nameBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
    nameBox.add(newLabel);
    nameBox.add(newTextField);

    Box sourceBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
    sourceBox.add(sourceLabel);
    sourceBox.add(new JScrollPane(sourceList));

    Box destBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
    destBox.add(destLabel);
    destBox.add(new JScrollPane(destList));

    Box listBox = Box.createHorizontalBox();
    listBox.add(sourceBox);
    listBox.add(destBox);

    Box allBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
    allBox.add(nameBox);
    allBox.add(listBox);

    contentPane.add(allBox, BorderLayout.CENTER);

    sourceList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
    destList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);

    newTextField.setDragEnabled(true);
    sourceList.setDragEnabled(true);
    destList.setDragEnabled(true);

    sourceList.setDropMode(DropMode.INSERT);
    destList.setDropMode(DropMode.INSERT);

    sourceList.setTransferHandler(new ListTransferHandler());
    destList.setTransferHandler(new ListTransferHandler());
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> {
      Main frame = new Main("Drag and Drop Frame");
      frame.pack();
      frame.setVisible(true);
    });
  }
}

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