com.jidesoft.grid
Interface DynamicTableFilter<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Filter<T>, Serializable, TableFilter<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDynamicTableFilter

public interface DynamicTableFilter<T>
extends TableFilter<T>

DynamicFilter extends Filter interface to allow you to customize the filter just before it is used.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jidesoft.filter.Filter

ALL, CUSTOM, NULL, SEPARATOR

Method Summary

boolean

initializeFilter(TableModel tableModel, int columnIndex, Object[] possibleValues) Initialize the filter.

Methods inherited from interface com.jidesoft.grid.TableFilter

getColumnIndex, getRowIndex, setColumnIndex, setRowIndex

Methods inherited from interface com.jidesoft.filter.Filter

addFilterListener, clone, getFilterFactory, getFilterFactoryName, getName, getPreference, isEnabled, isValueFiltered, removeFilterListener, setEnabled, setFilterFactory, setFilterFactoryName, setName, setPreference, stricterThan

Method Detail

initializeFilter

boolean initializeFilter(TableModel tableModel,
                         int columnIndex,
                         Object[] possibleValues)

Initialize the filter. The Filter.isValueFiltered(Object) should do the filtering after the filter is initialized.

Parameters:

tableModel -

columnIndex -

possibleValues -

Returns:

true if a filter is initialized. Otherwise returns false. For example, you can popup a dialog in this method to customize a filter. If user cancelled this dialog, you should return false.