Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing

Class CellRendererPane

java.lang.Object
java.awt.Component
java.awt.Container
javax.swing.CellRendererPane
All Implemented Interfaces:
ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible

public class CellRendererPane extends Container implements Accessible
This class is inserted in between cell renderers and the components that use them. It just exists to thwart the repaint() and invalidate() methods which would otherwise propagate up the tree when the renderer was configured. It's used by the implementations of JTable, JTree, and JList. For example, here's how CellRendererPane is used in the code the paints each row in a JList:
   cellRendererPane = new CellRendererPane();
   ...
   Component rendererComponent = renderer.getListCellRendererComponent();
   renderer.configureListCellRenderer(dataModel.getElementAt(row), row);
   cellRendererPane.paintComponent(g, rendererComponent, this, x, y, w, h);
 

A renderer component must override isShowing() and unconditionally return true to work correctly because the Swing paint does nothing for components with isShowing false.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Since:
1.2