Why do I need to call getRowSorter().modelStructureChanged() before fireTableRowsInserted()

Question

I have a table which extends AbstractTableModel. When data for it arrives, i delete rows and recreate them again with new data. What i do not understand is why do I have to call the following:

getRowSorter().modelStructureChanged();

before calling

fireTableRowsInserted();

If i do not do this, fireTableRowsInserted() throws me the following exception:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-1" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
    at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.setModelToViewFromViewToModel(DefaultRowSorter.java:717)
    at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.rowsInserted0(DefaultRowSorter.java:1046)
    at javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.rowsInserted(DefaultRowSorter.java:851)
    at javax.swing.JTable.notifySorter(JTable.java:4258)
    at javax.swing.JTable.sortedTableChanged(JTable.java:4106)
    at javax.swing.JTable.tableChanged(JTable.java:4383)
    at javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel.fireTableChanged(AbstractTableModel.java:280)
    at javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel.fireTableRowsInserted(AbstractTableModel.java:215)
    at ems.ui.components.BoundTable$BoundTableModel.addRow(BoundTable.java:189)
    at ems.ui.components.BoundTable.loadData(BoundTable.java:315)
    at ems.ui.components.BoundTable.modelChanged(BoundTable.java:333)
    at ems.model.BaseDataModel.notifyPropertyChange(BaseDataModel.java:541)
    at ems.model.BaseDataModel.listLoadedFully(BaseDataModel.java:456)
    at 
    at ems.network.HTTPProtobufPoller$2.run(HTTPProtobufPoller.java:107)
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:641)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(EventQueue.java:84)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:602)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(EventQueue.java:600)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlContext.java:87)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:611)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

Answer 1

If you recreate the entire table (delete rows and then reinsert them) you need to call atleast 'fireTableDataChanged' (if your lazy and don't want to tell the model exactly what has changed and just want it recalculate everything :-).

'fireTableRowsInserted' must only be used when you append data to the table model (ie. don't delete data from the table model).