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package sun.jvm.hotspot.ui.table;

import java.util.*;

import javax.swing.table.TableModel;
import javax.swing.event.TableModelEvent;

A comparator which compares rows in a table model
/** * A comparator which compares rows in a table model */
public abstract class TableModelComparator implements Comparator { private boolean ascending; protected TableModel model; private int[] columns; public TableModelComparator(TableModel model) { this.model = model; // XXX - Should actually listen for column changes and resize columns = new int[model.getColumnCount()]; columns[0] = -1; }
Add the column to the sort criteria
/** * Add the column to the sort criteria */
public void addColumn(int column) { // Shift columns in the array int[] tempArray = new int[model.getColumnCount()]; System.arraycopy(columns, 1, tempArray, 0, columns.length - 1); columns = tempArray; columns[0] = column; }
Get the last column that was sorted
/** * Get the last column that was sorted */
public int getColumn() { return columns[0]; } public void setAscending(boolean ascending) { this.ascending = ascending; } public boolean isAscending() { return ascending; }
Implementation of the comparator method. A comparison is made for rows.
/** * Implementation of the comparator method. A comparison is * made for rows. */
public int compare(Object row1, Object row2) { for (int i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) { Object o1 = getValueForColumn(row1, columns[i]); Object o2 = getValueForColumn(row2, columns[i]); // If both values are null, return 0. if (o1 == null && o2 == null) { return 0; } else if (o1 == null) { // Define null less than everything. return -1; } else if (o2 == null) { return 1; } int result = 0; if (o1 instanceof Comparable) { Comparable c1 = (Comparable)o1; Comparable c2 = (Comparable)o2; result = c1.compareTo(c2); } // XXX Should have some sort of provision for determininte // if there is another way of comparing the objects. // Perhaps we should add the requirement that all table // values be Compabable. if (result != 0) { return ascending ? result : -result; } } return 0; }
Returns the value for the comparing object for the column.
Params:
  • obj – Row object that was passed into Comparator.
  • column – the column to retrieve
/** * Returns the value for the comparing object for the * column. * * @param obj Row object that was passed into Comparator. * @param column the column to retrieve */
public abstract Object getValueForColumn(Object obj, int column); }