Module java.desktop

Package 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

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	TableStringConverter()	Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

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

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TableStringConverter

protected TableStringConverter()

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Details

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