A small application demonstrating JTable.

JTableTest.java

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * A sample application showing a JTable.
 *
 * @author Zachary Seguin
 * @version 1.0 (6/6/2012)
 */
public class JTableTest extends JFrame
{
	/**
	 * This title label.
	 *
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	private JLabel lblTitle;

	/**
	 * Scroll pane to hold the JTable, so a scroll bar is shown when the data exceeds the visible size.
	 *
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	private JScrollPane scrollPane;
		/**
		 * Self explanatory...
		 */
		private JTable jTable;

	/**
	 * Manages the layout of the application.
	 *
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
	private SpringLayout layout;

	/**
	 * Contructs and initalizes the GUI interface.
	 *
	 * @since 1.0
	 */
    public JTableTest()
    {
    	//SETUP JTABLE
	String [] columnNames = {"ID", "First Name", "Last Name", "Email Address"};
	String [][] data = {
		{ "1", "Rambotimous", "Prime", "[email protected]" },
		{ "2", "John", "Doe", "[email protected]" },
		{ "3", "Peneloppe", "Garcia", "[email protected]"},
		{ "4", "Chloe", "O'Brian", "[email protected]"},
		{ "5", "Spencer", "Reid", "[email protected]"},
		{ "6", "Jack", "Bauer", "[email protected]"}
	};

	this.jTable = new JTable(data, columnNames);

	this.scrollPane = new JScrollPane(this.jTable);

	//SETUP TITLE
	this.lblTitle = new JLabel("JTable Test");
	this.lblTitle.setFont(new Font("sansserif", Font.BOLD, 24));

	//SET THE LAYOUT MANAGER
	this.layout = new SpringLayout();
	this.getContentPane().setLayout(this.layout);

	//ADD ELEMENTS TO SCREEN
	this.add(this.lblTitle);
	this.add(this.scrollPane);

	//PLACE THE ELEMENTS
	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, this.lblTitle, 10, SpringLayout.NORTH, this.getContentPane());
	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, this.lblTitle, 10, SpringLayout.WEST, this.getContentPane());

	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.NORTH, this.scrollPane, 50, SpringLayout.NORTH, this.getContentPane());
	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.WEST, this.scrollPane, 10, SpringLayout.WEST, this.getContentPane());
	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.EAST, this.scrollPane, -10, SpringLayout.EAST, this.getContentPane());
	this.layout.putConstraint(SpringLayout.SOUTH, this.scrollPane, -10, SpringLayout.SOUTH, this.getContentPane());

	//SETUP THE JFRAME
    	this.setTitle("JTable Test");
    	this.setSize(600, 400);
    	this.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 200));
    	this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    	this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    	this.setVisible(true);
    }//End of constructor method

	public static void main (String [] args)
	{
		new JTableTest();
	}//End of main method
}//End of class