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package com.sun.javafx.scene.control;

import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn.SortType;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumnBase;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn;

Convenience class for dealing with sort types on TableColumn and TreeTableColumn, although note that this will only work whilst TableColumn.SortType is equivalent to TreeTableColumn.SortType. Once they diverge this code will need to be replaced.
/** * Convenience class for dealing with sort types on TableColumn and TreeTableColumn, * although note that this will only work whilst TableColumn.SortType is * equivalent to TreeTableColumn.SortType. Once they diverge this code will need * to be replaced. */
public class TableColumnSortTypeWrapper { public static boolean isAscending(TableColumnBase<?, ?> column) { String sortTypeName = getSortTypeName(column); return "ASCENDING".equals(sortTypeName); } public static boolean isDescending(TableColumnBase<?, ?> column) { String sortTypeName = getSortTypeName(column); return "DESCENDING".equals(sortTypeName); } public static void setSortType(TableColumnBase<?,?> column, SortType sortType) { if (column instanceof TableColumn) { TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) column; tc.setSortType(sortType); } else if (column instanceof TreeTableColumn) { TreeTableColumn tc = (TreeTableColumn) column; if (sortType == SortType.ASCENDING) { tc.setSortType(javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn.SortType.ASCENDING); } else if (sortType == SortType.DESCENDING) { tc.setSortType(javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn.SortType.DESCENDING); } else if (sortType == null) { tc.setSortType(null); } } } public static String getSortTypeName(TableColumnBase<?,?> column) { if (column instanceof TableColumn) { TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) column; TableColumn.SortType st = tc.getSortType(); return st == null ? null : st.name(); } else if (column instanceof TreeTableColumn) { TreeTableColumn tc = (TreeTableColumn) column; TreeTableColumn.SortType st = tc.getSortType(); return st == null ? null : st.name(); } return null; } public static ObservableValue getSortTypeProperty(TableColumnBase<?,?> column) { if (column instanceof TableColumn) { return ((TableColumn) column).sortTypeProperty(); } else if (column instanceof TreeTableColumn) { return ((TreeTableColumn) column).sortTypeProperty(); } return null; } }