I am wondering if there is a .jar existant that ports the Java SE 6 Table classes into SE 5 by any chance? Or is there a relatively simple way to create such a port? I am looking to port some existing SE 6 code over to 5 and would love to utilize the additions to tables in 6 if possible.
The source for sorting/filtering of tables originates from SwingLabs/ SwingX, but it's not the same. From the FAQ of SwingLabs:
* Why are the SwingLabs and Java SE 6 filtering/sorting API's different?
The SwingLabs sorting/filtering API was developed several years ago. Prior to being included in the JDK there were some (major) changes that Scott Violet (Swing Architect) wanted to make. He didn't feel there was time to do it both in SwingLabs and in the JDK to meet the tight Mustang release schedule, so he did it for Mustang first. Hopefully somebody in the community will step forward and contribute some code backporting it from Mustang. Sun doesn't have resource to support it at this time.
http://swinglabs.org/index.jsp
http://swinglabs.org/faq.jsp
https://swingx.dev.java.net/
But you might still use the SwingX library for SE 5.
-Puce