I want to implement validation in my table cells. I the value does not satisfy certain condition then the focus should remain on the same cell and the user should be asked to enter valid value.
I am using TableModel and i have tried implementing validation in the setValueAt() method some thing like this.

//**************************
setValueAt method of my table model.
public void setValueAt(Object value, int row, int col){
if(datalist.size()>row){
OutboundFieldMappingObj obj=(OutboundFieldMappingObj)datalist.get(row);
String str=null;
switch (col){
case 0:
str=Validator.getValidNumber((String)value,1,99999 9999L);
obj.setFiledName(str);
break;
case 1:
str=Validator.getValidString((String)value,128,fal se);
obj.setFiledClass(str);
break;
case 2:
obj.setSource((String)value);
break;
}}
fireTableCellUpdated(row, col);
}

But this doesn't solve the issue. In this case after entering the value when i click on some other cell then it shows me a message stating that the value is invalid but it doesn't takes the focus back to same cell. The focus is shifted to the cell where i have clicked.

Please help me out in resolving the issue.

I have added the code of my validator class at the bottom if any one needs to have a look at it.

Thanks


//**********************
Validator class
public class Validator {
public Validator() {
}

public static String getValidString(String val, int max, boolean upper) {
if (val == null || val.equals("")) {
showErrorMsg("The cell can not be left blank");
return " ";
}
if (val.length() > max) {
val = val.substring(0, max);
showErrorMsg("String value to long. Truncated to " + max +" characters.");
}
if (upper) {
val = val.toUpperCase();
}
return val;
}

public static String getValidNullableString(String val, int max, boolean upper) {
if (val == null) {
return null;
}
if (val.length() > max) {
val = val.substring(0, max);
showErrorMsg("String value to long. Truncated to " + max +" characters.");
}
if (upper) {
val = val.toUpperCase();
}
return val;
}

public static String getValidNumber(String number, int min, long max) {
try {
long num = Long.parseLong(number);
if (num < min) {
showErrorMsg("Number less than mininum value of " + min + ".");
return "" + min;
}
if (num > max) {
showErrorMsg("Number greater than maximum value of " + max +".");
return "" + max;
}
return number;
} catch (Exception x) {
showErrorMsg("Invalid Entry. Number Expected.");
return "0";
}
// return "";
}

public static boolean getValidNumber(String number) {
try {
Integer.parseInt(number);
return true;
} catch (Exception x) {
showErrorMsg("Invalid Entry. Number Expected.");
return false;
}
// return "";
}

public static void showErrorMsg(String message) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(new java.awt.Frame(), message,
"Invalid Value!",
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}

public static boolean validString(String str) {
if (str != null && str.length() > 0) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

You may want to take a look at this section of the Sun tutorial on using tables: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...html#validtext