How to keep a single column from being reordered in a JTable?

This is the solution that I used to prevent the 1st column from being re-ordered

private int columnValue = -1; 
private int columnNewValue = -1; 


tblResults.getColumnModel().addColumnModelListener(new TableColumnModelListener() 
{ 
    public void columnAdded(TableColumnModelEvent e) {} 

    public void columnMarginChanged(ChangeEvent e) {} 

    public void columnMoved(TableColumnModelEvent e) 
    { 
        if (columnValue == -1) 
            columnValue = e.getFromIndex(); 

        columnNewValue = e.getToIndex(); 
    } 

    public void columnRemoved(TableColumnModelEvent e) {} 

    public void columnSelectionChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {} 
}); 

tblResults.getTableHeader().addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() 
{ 
    @Override 
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) 
    { 
        if (columnValue != -1 && (columnValue == 0 || columnNewValue == 0)) 
        tblResults.moveColumn(columnNewValue, columnValue); 

        columnValue = -1; 
        columnNewValue = -1; 
    } 
}); 

Cheers,

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