Saving JTable contents

[Rand0mNumbers]

I'm working on a Java program that reads text files, creates the appropriate number of panels according to the text files, and saves any changes made. I have everything but the saving down and it's confusing me.

I've done several web searches but all I get are "saving is trivial, you should be able to do it", "create your own table model", and "I have no clue". The first example is what I get most of the time.

Here's the code snippet (the JTable gets placed into a JPanel which is then added to a JTabbedPane):

//---dynamically create button entries
for (int i = 0; i < screenParse.getButtons().size(); i++) 
{
	JPanel temp = new JPanel(); // create a new panel
	
	TableModel jTable1Model =  // create a new table
		new DefaultTableModel(
				screenParse.getButtons().get(i).tableize(), // get the properties of the button
				new String[] { "Column 1", "Column 2" })
	{
		public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column)
		{
			if (column == 0) // make the left side uneditable.
		    {
				return false; // can't edit leftmost cells
		    }
			else
			{
				return true; // rest of cells can be edited
			}
		 }
	};
		JTable tempTableProperties = new JTable(); // create the new JTable
	tempTableProperties.setModel(jTable1Model);
		tempTableProperties.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(381,435));
	temp.add(tempTableProperties); // add the table to the panel
	//temp.setName(screenParse.getButtons().get(i).getName()); // doesn't work for setting the tab me when scrolling
		buttonPanelNames.add(screenParse.getButtons().get(i).getName()); // add the name to the names list
	
	buttonPanels.add(temp);
}
//---End button entry creation

I tried creating a custom table model, but I don't know how to get to the table to access the model's methods. Do I have to declare the table model outside of the method instead of inside and access it that way?

I can't seem to to the table after this point either. I can access the JTabbedPane the JPanel is in, but I only get Components back, not JPanel (superclass back only).

Does anyone know how I can save the contents of the JTable? Getting access to each cell individually would be ideal, that way I could format the output.

[PvtCupcakes]

[url]http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JTable.html[/url]

To get data from a cell, you want this method specifically:
[url]http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JTable.html#getValueAt(int,%20int[/url])

public Object JTable.getValueAt(int row, int column)

[editline]07:24PM[/editline]

To save the contents, if they're Strings you just write them to a text file.

[Rand0mNumbers]

So I should cast the Component received from JTabbedPane.getContainer(0) as a JPanel and cast whatever I can extract from that as a JTable? I'll give it a shot.

I can't get access to the JTable, that is my problem. I apologize if that wasn't clear.

EDIT:
Got it. Casting did the trick, thanks.