celeboss.ui
Class MonitorableTableModel

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel
      celeboss.ui.util.SortedTableModel
          celeboss.ui.MonitorableTableModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.EventListener, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener, java.io.Serializable, javax.swing.table.TableModel

Direct Known Subclasses:

CelebrityTableModel

public abstract class MonitorableTableModel

extends SortedTableModel

implements java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

This table model holds a list of Monitorable objects which are sorted to the columns defined. This model reacts to the changes in the monitored objects. This class is abstract is an explicit table model is expected to be created for each class that implements the Monitorable interface.

Version:

1.0

Author:

bevans

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

MonitorableTableModel.ColumnSpec Simple class to record the details of each column

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel

listenerList

Constructor Summary

MonitorableTableModel(MonitorableTableModel.ColumnSpec[] specs)
Create a model that monitors a set of entities.

Method Summary

int	addObject(Monitorable newObject) Add a new object to this table model.
java.lang.Class	getColumnClass(int arg0) Return the type of this column
int	getColumnCount() Return the number of columns displable.
java.lang.String	getColumnDescription(int arg0) Get description of the column.
java.lang.String	getColumnName(int arg0) Get name of the column.
void	propertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent event) A change has occured to one of the montiored entities.
void	release() This method releases all references to the model and celebrities.
int	removeObject(Monitorable object) Remove the specifed object.

Methods inherited from class celeboss.ui.util.SortedTableModel

addObject, cellUpdated, getCellValue, getRow, getRowCount, getRowId, getValueAt, removeObject, sortByColumn

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel

addTableModelListener, findColumn, fireTableCellUpdated, fireTableChanged, fireTableDataChanged, fireTableRowsDeleted, fireTableRowsInserted, fireTableRowsUpdated, fireTableStructureChanged, getListeners, getTableModelListeners, isCellEditable, removeTableModelListener, setValueAt

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MonitorableTableModel

public MonitorableTableModel(MonitorableTableModel.ColumnSpec[] specs)

Create a model that monitors a set of entities.

Parameters:

specs - Array of column specs.

Method Detail

addObject

public int addObject(Monitorable newObject)

Add a new object to this table model. It will be inserted according to the sorting parameters. This model will also register itself as a listener.

Parameters:

newObject - Object to add.

Returns:

Index of insertion

getColumnClass

public java.lang.Class getColumnClass(int arg0)

Return the type of this column

Specified by:

getColumnClass in interface javax.swing.table.TableModel

See Also:

TableModel.getColumnClass(int)

getColumnCount

public int getColumnCount()

Return the number of columns displable.

Specified by:

getColumnCount in interface javax.swing.table.TableModel

See Also:

TableModel.getColumnCount()

getColumnDescription

public java.lang.String getColumnDescription(int arg0)

Get description of the column.

Specified by:

getColumnDescription in class SortedTableModel

Parameters:

arg0 - Column index;

Returns:

Column description

getColumnName

public java.lang.String getColumnName(int arg0)

Get name of the column.

Specified by:

getColumnName in interface javax.swing.table.TableModel

Parameters:

arg0 - Column index;

Returns:

Column name

See Also:

TableModel.getColumnName(int)

propertyChange

public void propertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent event)

A change has occured to one of the montiored entities. This change may be a change value.

Specified by:

propertyChange in interface java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

Parameters:

event - Description of change.

release

public void release()

This method releases all references to the model and celebrities.

Overrides:

release in class SortedTableModel

removeObject

public int removeObject(Monitorable object)

Remove the specifed object.

Parameters:

object - Object to remove

Returns:

Index of remvoed row.