TableSearchable is an concrete implementation of Searchable
that enables the search function in JTable.
It's very simple to use it. Assuming you have a JTable, all you need to do is to
call
JTable table = ....;
TableSearchable searchable = new TableSearchable(table);
Now the JTable will have the search function.
As JTable is a two dimension data, the search is a little different from JList and JTree which both have
one dimension data. So there is a little work you need to do in order to convert from two dimension data
to one dimension data. We use the selection mode to determine how to convert. There is a special property
called mainIndex. You can set it using setMainIndex(). If the JTable is in row selection mode, mainIndex will
be the column that you want search at. Please note you can change mainIndex at any time.
On the other hand, if the JTable is in column selection mode, mainIndex will be the row that you want search at.
There is one more case when cell selection is enabled. In this case, mainIndex will be ignore; all cells will be searched.
In three cases above, the keys for find next and find previous are different too. In row selection mode, up/down arrow are the keys.
In column selection mode, left/right arrow are keys. In cell selection mode, both up and left arrow are keys to
find previous occurence, both down and right arrow are keys to find next occurence.
In addition, you might need to override convertElementToString() to provide you own algorithm to do the conversion.
TableSearchableis an concrete implementation of Searchable that enables the search function in JTable.It's very simple to use it. Assuming you have a JTable, all you need to do is to call
As JTable is a two dimension data, the search is a little different from JList and JTree which both have one dimension data. So there is a little work you need to do in order to convert from two dimension data to one dimension data. We use the selection mode to determine how to convert. There is a special property called mainIndex. You can set it using setMainIndex(). If the JTable is in row selection mode, mainIndex will be the column that you want search at. Please note you can change mainIndex at any time. On the other hand, if the JTable is in column selection mode, mainIndex will be the row that you want search at. There is one more case when cell selection is enabled. In this case, mainIndex will be ignore; all cells will be searched. In three cases above, the keys for find next and find previous are different too. In row selection mode, up/down arrow are the keys. In column selection mode, left/right arrow are keys. In cell selection mode, both up and left arrow are keys to find previous occurence, both down and right arrow are keys to find next occurence. In addition, you might need to override convertElementToString() to provide you own algorithm to do the conversion.Now the JTable will have the search function.JTable table = ....; TableSearchable searchable = new TableSearchable(table) { protected String convertElementToString(Object object) { ... } };