drawing table not using jtabel

[kalai sundar]

How to draw table by not using Jtable, or textbox, or lable or panle, by using grapics ,can anyone expain me with small example, that how to draw small table with 3 rows 2 columns

[Matthew Taylor]

You want to make a table out of graphics? Do you mean to frame out the cells? Why do you want to do that?

[Craig Wood]

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class GraphicTable extends JPanel
{
    String[] msgs;
    final int
        ROWS =  3,
        COLS =  2,
        PAD  = 10;
 
    public GraphicTable()
    {
        msgs = new String[] { "hello world", "graphic table" };
        setBorder(BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder());
    }
 
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                            RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        int w = getWidth();
        int h = getHeight();
        Insets insets = getInsets();    // border info
        double xInc = (w - insets.left - insets.right - 2*PAD)/COLS;
        double yInc = (h - insets.top - insets.bottom - 2*PAD)/ROWS;
        g2.setPaint(Color.blue);
        // vertical lines
        double x1 = insets.left + PAD, y1 = insets.top + PAD,
               y2 = h - insets.bottom - PAD, x2;
        for(int j = 0; j <= COLS; j++)
        {
            g2.draw(new Line2D.Double(x1, y1, x1, y2));
            x1 += xInc;
        }
        // horizontal lines
        x1 = insets.left + PAD; x2 = w - insets.right - PAD;
        for(int j = 0; j <= ROWS; j++)
        {
            g2.draw(new Line2D.Double(x1, y1, x2, y1));
            y1 += yInc;
        }
        // try a couple of cell strings
        g2.setPaint(Color.red);
        Font font = g2.getFont().deriveFont(18f);
        g2.setFont(font);
        FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
        x1 = 0;
        for(int j = 0; j < msgs.length; j++)
        {
            float width = (float)font.getStringBounds(msgs[j], frc).getWidth();
            LineMetrics lm = font.getLineMetrics(msgs[j], frc);
            float ascent = lm.getAscent(), descent = lm.getDescent();
            float sx = (float)(insets.left + PAD + x1 + (xInc - width)/2);
            float sy = (float)(insets.top + PAD + (yInc + ascent)/2 - descent);
            g2.drawString(msgs[j], sx, sy);
            x1 += xInc;
        }
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(new GraphicTable());
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}

[Matthew Taylor]

Great job, Craig. I had never thought about making a table like that.