javax.swing.table

Class TableStringConverter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.table.TableStringConverter

public abstract class TableStringConverter
extends Object

TableStringConverter is used to convert objects from the model into strings. This is useful in filtering and searching when the model returns objects that do not have meaningful toString implementations.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TableStringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	toString(TableModel model, int row, int column) Returns the string representation of the value at the specified location.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TableStringConverter

public TableStringConverter()

Method Detail

toString

public abstract String toString(TableModel model,
                                int row,
                                int column)

Returns the string representation of the value at the specified location.

Parameters:

model - the TableModel to fetch the value from

row - the row the string is being requested for

column - the column the string is being requested for

Returns:

the string representation. This should never return null.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if model is null

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the arguments are outside the bounds of the model