How to Keep Track of row index when JTable has been sorted by the user?

Question

I have a JTable which has 1st row blank. Now when I sort the table based on a column by clicking on that column then the blank row goes at the bottom. If I insert something

Answer 1

SOLUTION 1

There is some issue when using jTable1.convertRowIndexToModel(jTable1.getSelectedRow()) if you sort the values according to date or time will return incorrect values from the convertRowIndexToView(0) therefore use convertRowIndexToModel(0).

SOLUTION 2

This will retrieve from the new model when sorted.

jTable1.getValueAt(jTable1.getSelectedRow(), 0);

This will retrieve value according to the original index even when sorted.

((DefaultTableModel)jTable1.getModel()).getValuAt(jTable1.getSelectedRow(), 0);