JTable column header width

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;

public class MyTable extends JTable {

	private DefaultTableModel defaultTableModel;

	private Object[][] dataArray;
	private Object[] columnNameArray;

	private DefaultTableCellRenderer renderer;

	/**
	 * constructor
	 * 
	 * @param DefaultTableModel
	 */
	public MyTable(DefaultTableModel defaultTableModel) {

		this.setModel(defaultTableModel)	;

		renderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();

	}

	/**
	 * constructor
	 * 
	 * @param variableNameArray
	 * @param columnNameArray
	 */
	public MyTable(Object[][] variableNameArray, Object[] columnNameArray) {

		this.dataArray = variableNameArray;
		this.columnNameArray = columnNameArray;

		defaultTableModel = new DefaultTableModel(variableNameArray, columnNameArray);
		this.setModel(defaultTableModel)	;

		renderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();

	}

	/**
	 *  alternate shaded/not shaded rows
	 */
	@Override
	public Component prepareRenderer (TableCellRenderer renderer,int Index_row, int Index_col) {

		Component component = super.prepareRenderer(renderer, Index_row, Index_col);
		// space around border of each cell in table
		((JComponent) component).setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 6, 0, 0)); // pxl

		//even index, selected or not selected
		if (Index_row % 2 == 0 && !isCellSelected(Index_row, Index_col)) {
			component.setBackground(Color.lightGray);
			component.setForeground(Color.black); // otherwise text disappears
		} 
		else {
			component.setBackground(Color.white);
			component.setForeground(Color.black); // otherwise text disappears
		}

		return component;

	}

	/**
	 * 
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		try{
			UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
		}
		catch (Exception e){
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

	    String[] columnNameArray = {"one" , 
	    		"really wide wide wide",
	    		"three",
	    		"4" ,
	    		"5", 
	    		"six six six six",
	    		"7"};
	    
	    Object[][]  dataArray = {  };

		final MyTable panel = new MyTable(dataArray, columnNameArray);

		final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
		frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(panel));
		frame.setTitle("My Table");
		frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
		frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
			@Override
			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
			}
		});

		frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
		frame.setLocation(300, 200);
		frame.pack();
		frame.setVisible(true);

	}

}

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