sclass JConceptsTable<A extends Concept> {
  Class<? extends A> conceptClass;
  Concepts concepts;
  JTable table;
  
  // options
  L<S> dropFields;
  IF1<L> postProcess;
  Runnable afterUpdate;
  bool latestFirst;
  IF1<Cl<A>> sorter;
  int idWidth = 50;
  int updateInterval = 1000;
  bool humanizeFieldNames = true;
  Float tableFontSize;

  *() {}
  *(Class<? extends A> *conceptClass) {}
  *(Concepts *concepts, Class<? extends A> *conceptClass) {}
  
  swappable MapSO itemToMap(A a) {
    ret mapValues renderForTable_noStruct(allConceptFieldsAsMap(a));
  }
  
  S defaultTitle() {
    ret plural(shortClassName(conceptClass));
  }
  
  void showAsFrame(S title default defaultTitle()) {
    makeTable();
    showFrame(title, table);
  }
  
  void makeTable {
    if (table != null) ret;
    if (concepts == null) concepts = db_mainConcepts();

    table = sexyTable();
    if (tableFontSize != null) setFontSize(tableFontSize, table);
    awtOnConceptChanges(table, updateInterval, r {
      new L<Map> data;
      Cl<? extends A> l = list(concepts, conceptClass);
      l = postProcess(sorter, l);
      for (A c : l)
        addIfNotNull(data, itemToMap(c));
      if (latestFirst) reverseInPlace(data);
      data = (L) postProcess(postProcess, data);
      dataToTable_uneditable(data, table);
      if (humanizeFieldNames)
        humanizeTableColumns();
      pcallF(afterUpdate);
    });
  }
  
  void humanizeTableColumns {
    int n = tableColumnCount(table);
    for i to n:
      setColumnName(table, i, i == 0 ? "" : humanizeFormLabel(getColumnName(table, i)));
  };


  JComponent visualize() {
    makeTable();
    ret table;
  }
}