com.explodingpixels.widgets
Class TableUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.explodingpixels.widgets.TableUtils

public class TableUtils
extends Object

A collection of utility methods to be used with JTable.

Nested Class Summary

static interface	TableUtils.SortDelegate An interface that will be notified when sorting of a JTable should occur.
static class	TableUtils.SortDirection An enumeration representing the sort order of a table column.

Method Summary

static void	makeSortable(JTable table, TableUtils.SortDelegate sortDelegate) Installs a listener on the given JTable's JTableHeader, which will notify the given TableUtils.SortDelegate when the user clicks the header and thus wishes to sort.
static void	makeStriped(JTable table, Color stipeColor) Add's striping to the background of the given JTable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

makeStriped

public static void makeStriped(JTable table,
                               Color stipeColor)

Add's striping to the background of the given JTable. The actual striping is installed on the containing JScrollPane's JViewport, so if this table is not added to a JScrollPane, then no stripes will be painted. This method can be called before the given table is added to a scroll pane, though, as a PropertyChangeListener will be installed to handle "ancestor" changes.

Parameters:

table - the table to paint row stripes for.

stipeColor - the color of the stripes to paint.

makeSortable

public static void makeSortable(JTable table,
                                TableUtils.SortDelegate sortDelegate)

Installs a listener on the given JTable's JTableHeader, which will notify the given TableUtils.SortDelegate when the user clicks the header and thus wishes to sort. The listener will also call TableHeaderUtils.toggleSortDirection(javax.swing.table.JTableHeader, int) and TableHeaderUtils.setPressedColumn(javax.swing.table.JTableHeader, int) which will install hints for header renders to render the column headers in the appropriate state.

Parameters:

table - the table so install the SortDelegate on.

sortDelegate - the delegate to notify when sorting should be performed.