com.jidesoft.grid
Interface ColumnIdentifierTableModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregateTableModel, AutoFilterUtils.AutoFilterRowTableModel, BatchedCrudTableModelWrapper, CachedTableModel, CalculatedHeaderTableModel, CalculatedTableModel, CrudTableModelAdapter, DataTableModel, DefaultColumnTableModelWrapper, DefaultGroupTableModel, DefaultPageTableModel, DefaultTableModelWrapper, FilterableAggregateTableModel, FilterableTableModel, FilterableTreeTableModel, HeaderTableModel, JoinTableModel, LuceneFilterableTableModel, SortableAggregateTableModel, SortableTableModel, SortableTreeTableModel, TableModelWrapperImpl, TransposeTableModel

public interface ColumnIdentifierTableModel

ColumnIdentifierTableModel provides a way to let TableModel define an unique identifier for each table column. As long as JideTable is used, the TableColumn.getIdentifier() will return the correct identifier returned from getColumnIdentifier(int) method, even when the TableColumnModel is recreated.

There are two use cases that this interface could be used. One is you need to localize the column names. You can return identifiers that are not localized for each column, while localizes getColumnName to return whatever localized string you want. The other case is you have duplicated column names. Several TableUtils's load/save methods and TableColumnChooser will use this feature to make sure the columns are uniquely identified.

Method Summary

Object

getColumnIdentifier(int columnIndex) Returns the identifier of the column in the model.

Method Detail

getColumnIdentifier

Object getColumnIdentifier(int columnIndex)

Returns the identifier of the column in the model. A JideTable uses this method to get the unique identifier of this column.

Parameters:

columnIndex - the index of the column

Returns:

the unique identifier of the column.