Dynamically loading large amount of data in JTable

Question

Here is my problem: I currently have a JTable containing anywhere from 5,000 to well over 200,000 rows. You see where I'm going with this. The data is already loaded into memory, which isn't a problem, but how can I create an efficient JTable so that it only loads the rows that are visible and that any events only act on those rows that are visible in the viewport? Obviously scrolling is nearly impossible with this much data, as it takes forever for the system to repaint and fire events.

Basically I think one solution would be to determine which rows are in the viewport, then create a new model containing those rows perhaps?

Answer 1

You might use a FixedRowsTable type design, here showing some of 200,000 rows. Though you'd want to add extra buttons << >>

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;

class FixedRowsTable {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                String[] columns = {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7"};
                Integer[][] data = new Integer[200000][columns.length];
                for (int xx=0; xx<data.length; xx++) {
                    for (int yy=0; yy<data[0].length; yy++) {
                        data[xx][yy] = new Integer((xx+1)*(yy+1));
                    }
                }
                final int rows = 11;

                JPanel gui = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(3,3));

                final JTable table = new JTable(
                    new DefaultTableModel(data, columns));

                final JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(
                    table,
                    JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER,
                    JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
                Dimension d = table.getPreferredSize();
                scrollPane.setPreferredSize(
                    new Dimension(d.width,table.getRowHeight()*rows));

                JPanel navigation = new JPanel(
                    new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
                JButton next = new JButton(">");
                next.addActionListener( new ActionListener(){
                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                        int height = table.getRowHeight()*(rows-1);
                        JScrollBar bar = scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar();
                        bar.setValue( bar.getValue()+height );
                    }
                } );
                JButton previous = new JButton("<");
                previous.addActionListener( new ActionListener(){
                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                        int height = table.getRowHeight()*(rows-1);
                        JScrollBar bar = scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar();
                        bar.setValue( bar.getValue()-height );
                    }
                } );

                navigation.add(previous);
                navigation.add(next);

                gui.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
                gui.add(navigation, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, gui);
            }
        });
    }
}