On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:01:32 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>> No, they don't. At the same time `TableCellEditor` interface can't be used >>> to return a cell editor for `JComboBox` and for `JTree` components. These >>> components use `ComboBoxEditor` and `TreeCellEditor` correspondingly. >> >> Right the TableCellEditor should not be used as a JComboBox/JTree editor, it >> is only for JTable. But the objects implemented TableCellEditor interface >> can be used to modify the values stored as the JComboBox/JTree when the user >> edits the cell of the table. So the user selects the cell -> the >> TableCellEditor is activated for editing that cell -> if the data for the >> cell may be stored as a list then the JComboBox could be shown -> the user >> may change/edit the current value of the cell using JComboBox and its >> values? And the list of components in the spec is just an example of what >> components can be used by the TableCellEditor. >> >> At least this is how I read it, might be wrong. > > I agree it probably referred to components which can be used as an editor. > `DefaultEditorCell` supports three components: `JCheckBox`, `JComboBox`, and > `JTextField`. > >> But the objects implemented TableCellEditor interface can be used to modify >> the values stored as the JComboBox/JTree when the user edits the cell of the >> table. > > And this just adds to the confusion rather than clarifies the purpose of the > interface. In fact, the `CellEditor` interface describes how the interface can be used for `JTable` and `JTree` and gives `JTextField`, `JCheckBox`, `JComboBox` as the examples of specific editors. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6608
