How to change the color of a column in jTable?

Question

I have kept some colors for animals in Database. Say there are four animals and have assigned four colors for each in Database. In jTable when i select an animal of my choice ,i need to the color also to be applied.

Ex-If i click Elephant ,the assigned color should be my background.

Answer 1

Cell formatting is the responsibility of the TableCellRenderer

Take a look at Using Custom Renderers for more details