Hook: Define New Table Layout

Requirement

The layout of a table must be defined. Defining the layout means to define how each record can be split up into individual cells in one of a table's rows.

Method of Adaptation

Add Feature

Level of Support

Collaboration Pattern

HotSpot

Tables

Participants

TableEntryDescriptor, NewTableEntryDescriptor

Changes

1. implementation NewTableEntryDescriptor of TableEntryDescriptor.
2. NewTableEntryDescriptor.getColumnCount implements TableEntryDescriptor.getColumnCount .
3. NewTableEntryDescriptor.getColumnName implements TableEntryDescriptor.getColumnName .
4. NewTableEntryDescriptor.getColumnClass implements TableEntryDescriptor.getColumnClass .
5. NewTableEntryDescriptor.getValueAt implements TableEntryDescriptor.getValueAt .

Constraints

• This hook works only with the Create A Table hook.
• The methods not implemented explicitly via this hook may be left empty or returning false or null , resp.
• The concrete class of the records from which to extract a column's value depends on the TableModel used. See the documentation of getRecord in the specific class for more detailed information.

Comments

• If you need more specific rendering for a given column, implement util.swing.TableEntryDescriptor.getCellRenderer accordingly.
• For convenience, you can subclass util.swing.AbstractTableEntryDescriptor rather than implementing TableEntryDescriptor directly.
• For editable tables, invoke the Make Table Editable hook.