I am trying to customize the code so that the user can drag it from JTable to JList and customize the drag and drop image using the Java 7 function setDragImage in TransferHandler. I took an example on the java website where they talk about Drag n Drop and then added the code "setDragImage". However, it does not work. See the code below and find the line setDragImage () inside the importData function. Why is this not working?
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class BasicDND extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
private static JFrame frame;
private JTextArea textArea;
private JTextField textField;
private JList list;
private JTable table;
private JTree tree;
private JColorChooser colorChooser;
private JCheckBox toggleDnD;
public BasicDND() {
super(new BorderLayout());
JPanel leftPanel = createVerticalBoxPanel();
JPanel rightPanel = createVerticalBoxPanel();
DefaultTableModel tm = new DefaultTableModel();
tm.addColumn("Column 0");
tm.addColumn("Column 1");
tm.addColumn("Column 2");
tm.addColumn("Column 3");
tm.addRow(new String[]{"Table 00", "Table 01", "Table 02", "Table 03"});
tm.addRow(new String[]{"Table 10", "Table 11", "Table 12", "Table 13"});
tm.addRow(new String[]{"Table 20", "Table 21", "Table 22", "Table 23"});
tm.addRow(new String[]{"Table 30", "Table 31", "Table 32", "Table 33"});
table = new JTable(tm);
leftPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(table, "JTable"));
colorChooser = new JColorChooser();
leftPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(colorChooser, "JColorChooser"));
textField = new JTextField(30);
textField.setText("Favorite foods:\nPizza, Moussaka, Pot roast");
rightPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(textField, "JTextField"));
textArea = new JTextArea(5, 30);
textArea.setText("Favorite shows:\nBuffy, Alias, Angel");
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
rightPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(scrollPane, "JTextArea"));
DefaultListModel listModel = new DefaultListModel();
listModel.addElement("Martha Washington");
listModel.addElement("Abigail Adams");
listModel.addElement("Martha Randolph");
listModel.addElement("Dolley Madison");
listModel.addElement("Elizabeth Monroe");
listModel.addElement("Louisa Adams");
listModel.addElement("Emily Donelson");
list = new JList(listModel);
list.setVisibleRowCount(-1);
list.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION);
list.setTransferHandler(new TransferHandler() {
public Image getDragImage() {
return null;
}
@Override
public boolean canImport(TransferHandler.TransferSupport info) {
if (!info.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
return false;
}
JList.DropLocation dl = (JList.DropLocation)info.getDropLocation();
if (dl.getIndex() == -1) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
public BufferedImage makeImageFromString(String s) {
int width = 100;
int height = 40;
BufferedImage br = new BufferedImage(width,height,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics g = br.getGraphics();
g.drawString(s, 0, 0);
System.out.println("made image from " + s);
return br;
}
@Override
public boolean importData(TransferHandler.TransferSupport info) {
if (!info.isDrop()) {
return false;
}
if (!info.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
displayDropLocation("List doesn't accept a drop of this type.");
return false;
}
JList.DropLocation dl = (JList.DropLocation)info.getDropLocation();
DefaultListModel listModel = (DefaultListModel)list.getModel();
int index = dl.getIndex();
boolean insert = dl.isInsert();
String value = (String)listModel.getElementAt(index);
Transferable t = info.getTransferable();
String data;
try {
data = (String)t.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
}
catch (Exception e) { return false; }
this.setDragImage(makeImageFromString(data));
String dropValue = "\"" + data + "\" dropped ";
if (dl.isInsert()) {
if (dl.getIndex() == 0) {
displayDropLocation(dropValue + "at beginning of list");
} else if (dl.getIndex() >= list.getModel().getSize()) {
displayDropLocation(dropValue + "at end of list");
} else {
String value1 = (String)list.getModel().getElementAt(dl.getIndex() - 1);
String value2 = (String)list.getModel().getElementAt(dl.getIndex());
displayDropLocation(dropValue + "between \"" + value1 + "\" and \"" + value2 + "\"");
}
} else {
displayDropLocation(dropValue + "on top of " + "\"" + value + "\"");
}
return false;
}
@Override
public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
return COPY;
}
@Override
protected Transferable createTransferable(JComponent c) {
JList list = (JList)c;
Object[] values = list.getSelectedValues();
StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
Object val = values[i];
buff.append(val == null ? "" : val.toString());
if (i != values.length - 1) {
buff.append("\n");
}
}
return new StringSelection(buff.toString());
}
});
list.setDropMode(DropMode.ON_OR_INSERT);
JScrollPane listView = new JScrollPane(list);
listView.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 100));
rightPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(listView, "JList"));
DefaultMutableTreeNode rootNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Mia Familia");
DefaultMutableTreeNode sharon = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Sharon");
rootNode.add(sharon);
DefaultMutableTreeNode maya = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Maya");
sharon.add(maya);
DefaultMutableTreeNode anya = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Anya");
sharon.add(anya);
sharon.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Bongo"));
maya.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Muffin"));
anya.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Winky"));
DefaultTreeModel model = new DefaultTreeModel(rootNode);
tree = new JTree(model);
tree.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode
(TreeSelectionModel.DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION);
JScrollPane treeView = new JScrollPane(tree);
treeView.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 100));
rightPanel.add(createPanelForComponent(treeView, "JTree"));
toggleDnD = new JCheckBox("Turn on Drag and Drop");
toggleDnD.setActionCommand("toggleDnD");
toggleDnD.addActionListener(this);
JSplitPane splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT,
leftPanel, rightPanel);
splitPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
add(splitPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(toggleDnD, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5));
}
protected JPanel createVerticalBoxPanel() {
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.setLayout(new BoxLayout(p, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5));
return p;
}
public JPanel createPanelForComponent(JComponent comp,
String title) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(comp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
if (title != null) {
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(title));
}
return panel;
}
private void displayDropLocation(final String string) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, string);
}
});
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if ("toggleDnD".equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
boolean toggle = toggleDnD.isSelected();
textArea.setDragEnabled(toggle);
textField.setDragEnabled(toggle);
list.setDragEnabled(toggle);
table.setDragEnabled(toggle);
tree.setDragEnabled(toggle);
colorChooser.setDragEnabled(toggle);
}
}
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
frame = new JFrame("BasicDnD");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent newContentPane = new BasicDND();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true);
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}