oracle.javatools.controls.nicetable
Interface NiceTableModel

All Superinterfaces:

javax.swing.table.TableModel

public interface NiceTableModel

extends javax.swing.table.TableModel

NiceTableModel extends javax.swing.table.TableModel to provide support for the following additional features:

• Column Alignment: any column in the table can be aligned left, right or center.
• Sorting: any column in the table can be the active sort key.
• Hiding: any column in the table can be hidden

Method Summary

int	getColumnAlignment(int column) Get the alignment of the specified column in the table.
java.util.Comparator	getColumnSortComparator(int column) Get the sort comparator to use for a particular column.

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.table.TableModel

addTableModelListener, getColumnClass, getColumnCount, getColumnName, getRowCount, getValueAt, isCellEditable, removeTableModelListener, setValueAt

Method Detail

getColumnAlignment

public int getColumnAlignment(int column)

Get the alignment of the specified column in the table. Returns SwingConstants.LEFT, SwingConstants.RIGHT or SwingConstants.CENTER.

Parameters:

column - the column to get the alignment of

Returns:

SwingConstants.LEFT, SwingConstants.RIGHT or SwingConstants.CENTER

getColumnSortComparator

public java.util.Comparator getColumnSortComparator(int column)

Get the sort comparator to use for a particular column. The comparator returned should sort the rows in ascending order. A delegate comparator will be automatically used to sort in the opposite direction by NiceTable. If the class for the specified column implements the Comparable interface, then null may be returned.

Returns:

a comparator to use for the specified column, or null to use the default.