Package com.jidesoft.swing

Class TableSearchable

java.lang.Object
com.jidesoft.swing.Searchable
com.jidesoft.swing.TableSearchable
All Implemented Interfaces:
PropertyChangeListener, EventListener, TableModelListener
public class TableSearchable extends Searchable implements TableModelListener, PropertyChangeListener
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 occurrence, both down and right arrow are keys to find next occurrence.

In addition, you might need to override convertElementToString() to provide you own algorithm to do the conversion. 

 JTable table = ....;
 TableSearchable searchable = new TableSearchable(table) {
      protected String convertElementToString(Object object) {
          ...
      }
 };

Additional customization can be done on the base Searchable class such as background and foreground color, keystrokes, case sensitivity,

  • Constructor Details

    • TableSearchable

      public TableSearchable(JTable table)

  • Method Details

    • installListeners

      public void installListeners()
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Installs necessary listeners to the component. This method will be called automatically when Searchable is created.
      Overrides:
      installListeners in class Searchable

    • uninstallListeners

      public void uninstallListeners()
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Uninstall the listeners that installed before. This method is never called because we don't have the control of the life cycle of the component. However you can call this method if you don't want the component to be searchable any more.
      Overrides:
      uninstallListeners in class Searchable

    • setSelectedIndex

      protected void setSelectedIndex(int index, boolean incremental)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Sets the selected index. The concrete implementation should call methods on the component to select the element at the specified index. The incremental flag is used to do multiple select. If the flag is true, the element at the index should be added to current selection. If false, you should clear previous selection and then select the element.
      Specified by:
      setSelectedIndex in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      index - the index to be selected
      incremental - a flag to enable multiple selection. If the flag is true, the element at the index should be added to current selection. If false, you should clear previous selection and then select the element.

    • addTableSelection

      protected void addTableSelection(JTable table, int rowIndex, int columnIndex, boolean incremental)
      Selects the cell at the specified row and column index. If incremental is true, the previous selection will not be cleared. This method will use JTable.changeSelection(int,int,boolean,boolean) method to select the cell if the row and column index is in the range and the cell was not selected. The last two parameters of changeSelection is true and false respectively.
      Parameters:
      table - the table
      rowIndex - the row index of the cell.
      columnIndex - the column index of the cell
      incremental - false to clear all previous selection. True to keep the previous selection.

    • isColumnSelectionAllowed

      protected boolean isColumnSelectionAllowed(JTable table)
      Is the column selection allowed?
      Parameters:
      table - the table.
      Returns:
      true if the table is the column selection.

    • isRowSelectionAllowed

      protected boolean isRowSelectionAllowed(JTable table)
      Is the row selection allowed?
      Parameters:
      table - the table.
      Returns:
      true if the table is the row selection.

    • isSearchSelectedRows

      protected boolean isSearchSelectedRows()
      Are we trying to search on multi-columns (but NOT all columns)?
      Returns:
      true if the search is set to look at multi-columns (but NOT all columns).

    • getSelectedIndex

      protected int getSelectedIndex()
      Gets the selected index.
      Specified by:
      getSelectedIndex in class Searchable
      Returns:
      the selected index.

    • getElementAt

      protected Object getElementAt(int index)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Gets the element at the specified index. The element could be any data structure that internally used in the component. The convertElementToString method will give you a chance to convert the element to string which is used to compare with the string that user types in.
      Specified by:
      getElementAt in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      index - the index
      Returns:
      the element at the specified index.

    • getValueAt

      protected Object getValueAt(JTable table, int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
      Get string value of the table.
      Parameters:
      table - the JTable
      rowIndex - the row index
      columnIndex - the column index
      Returns:
      the string value of the cell in the table.

    • getElementCount

      protected int getElementCount()
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Gets the total element count in the component. Different concrete implementation could have different interpretation of the count. This is totally OK as long as it's consistent in all the methods. For example, the index parameter in other methods should be always a valid value within the total count.
      Specified by:
      getElementCount in class Searchable
      Returns:
      the total element count.

    • convertElementToString

      protected String convertElementToString(Object item)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Converts the element that returns from getElementAt() to string.
      Specified by:
      convertElementToString in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      item - the element to be converted
      Returns:
      the string representing the element in the component.

    • getSearchColumnIndices

      public int[] getSearchColumnIndices()
      Gets the indexes of the column to be searched.
      Returns:
      the indexes of the column to be searched.

    • getMainIndex

      public int getMainIndex()
      Gets the index of the column to be searched.
      Returns:
      the index of the column to be searched.

    • setSearchColumnIndices

      public void setSearchColumnIndices(int[] columnIndices)
      Sets the main indexes. Main indexes are the columns index which you want to be searched.
      Parameters:
      columnIndices - the index of the columns to be searched. If empty, all columns will be searched.

    • setMainIndex

      public void setMainIndex(int mainIndex)
      Sets the main index. Main index is the column index which you want to be searched.
      Parameters:
      mainIndex - the index of the column to be searched. If -1, all columns will be searched.

    • isFindNextKey

      protected boolean isFindNextKey(KeyEvent e)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Checks if the key is used as a key to find the next occurrence.
      Overrides:
      isFindNextKey in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      e - the key event
      Returns:
      true if the key in KeyEvent is a key to find the next occurrence. By default, down arrow key is used.

    • isFindPreviousKey

      protected boolean isFindPreviousKey(KeyEvent e)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Checks if the key is used as a key to find the previous occurrence.
      Overrides:
      isFindPreviousKey in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      e - the key event
      Returns:
      true if the key in KeyEvent is a key to find the previous occurrence. By default, up arrow key is used.

    • tableChanged

      public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent e)
      Specified by:
      tableChanged in interface TableModelListener

    • propertyChange

      public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)
      Specified by:
      propertyChange in interface PropertyChangeListener

    • isActivateKey

      protected boolean isActivateKey(KeyEvent e)
      Description copied from class: Searchable
      Checks if the key in KeyEvent should activate the search popup.
      Overrides:
      isActivateKey in class Searchable
      Parameters:
      e - the key event
      Returns:
      true if the keyChar is visible except space and tab.

    • isSelectedCellEditable

      protected boolean isSelectedCellEditable()
      Checks if the selected cell is editable. If yes, we will not activate Searchable when key is typed.
      Returns:
      true if the selected cell is editable.