Package org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.data.convert

Class ContextualDisplayConverter

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.data.convert.ContextualDisplayConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDisplayConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormulaEditDisplayConverter, GroupByDisplayConverter, MarkupDisplayConverter

public abstract class ContextualDisplayConverter
extends Object
implements IDisplayConverter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ContextualDisplayConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	canonicalToDisplayValue(Object canonicalValue)	Convert backing data value to value to be displayed.
abstract Object	canonicalToDisplayValue(ILayerCell cell, IConfigRegistry configRegistry, Object canonicalValue)	Convert backing data value to value to be displayed.
Object	displayToCanonicalValue(Object displayValue)	Convert from display value to value in the backing data structure.
abstract Object	displayToCanonicalValue(ILayerCell cell, IConfigRegistry configRegistry, Object displayValue)	Convert from display value to value in the backing data structure.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ContextualDisplayConverter

public ContextualDisplayConverter()

Method Details

canonicalToDisplayValue

public Object canonicalToDisplayValue(Object canonicalValue)

Description copied from interface: IDisplayConverter

Convert backing data value to value to be displayed. Typically converts to a String for display.

Specified by:

canonicalToDisplayValue in interface IDisplayConverter

Parameters:

canonicalValue - The data value from the backing data.

Returns:

The converted value to display.

displayToCanonicalValue

public Object displayToCanonicalValue(Object displayValue)

Description copied from interface: IDisplayConverter

Convert from display value to value in the backing data structure.

NOTE:
The type the display value is converted to must match the type in the setter of the backing bean/row object

Specified by:

displayToCanonicalValue in interface IDisplayConverter

Parameters:

displayValue - The display value that should be converted to the data value that matches the backing data.

Returns:

The converted value to put to the backing data.

canonicalToDisplayValue

public abstract Object canonicalToDisplayValue(ILayerCell cell,
 IConfigRegistry configRegistry,
 Object canonicalValue)

Description copied from interface: IDisplayConverter

Convert backing data value to value to be displayed. Typically converts to a String for display. Use this method for contextual conversion.

Note that on returning a different type than String, toString() will be called on the returned object to render the value for displaying.

Specified by:

canonicalToDisplayValue in interface IDisplayConverter

Parameters:

cell - The ILayerCell whose canonical value should be converted.

configRegistry - The IConfigRegistry of the NatTable to which the ILayerCell belongs.

canonicalValue - The data value from the backing data.

Returns:

The converted value to display.

displayToCanonicalValue

public abstract Object displayToCanonicalValue(ILayerCell cell,
 IConfigRegistry configRegistry,
 Object displayValue)

Description copied from interface: IDisplayConverter

Convert from display value to value in the backing data structure.

NOTE:
The type the display value is converted to must match the type in the setter of the backing bean/row object Use this method for contextual conversion.

Specified by:

displayToCanonicalValue in interface IDisplayConverter

Parameters:

cell - The ILayerCell whose canonical value should be converted.

configRegistry - The IConfigRegistry of the NatTable to which the ILayerCell belongs.

displayValue - The display value that should be converted to the data value that matches the backing data.

Returns:

The converted value to put to the backing data.