In swt table- sorting works for Strings how to do sorting for Integer, Double and Date values. And this only works for String ascending. Can anyone suggest a better way to do it.
TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
item.setText(new String[] { "1", "v", "1.1", "20/03/2013" });
item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
item.setText(new String[] { "10", "z", "1.5", "20/04/2013" });
item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
item.setText(new String[] { "3", "a", "1.3", "30/01/2013" });
Listener sortListener = new Listener() {
public void handleEvent(Event e) {
TableItem[] items = table.getItems();
Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.getDefault());
TableColumn column = (TableColumn) e.widget;
int index = column == tblclmnNumber ? 0 : 1;
for (int i = 1; i < items.length; i++) {
String value1 = items[i].getText(index);
for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
String value2 = items[j].getText(index);
if (collator.compare(value1, value2) < 0) {
String[] values = { items[i].getText(0),
items[i].getText(1), items[i].getText(2),
items[i].getText(3) };
items[i].dispose();
TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE, j);
item.setText(values);
items = table.getItems();
break;
}
}
}
table.setSortColumn(column);
}
};
tblclmnNumber.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
tblclmnName.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
tblclmnDeci.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
tblclmnDate.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
table.setSortColumn(tblclmnNumber);
table.setSortDirection(SWT.UP);
I've modified the SWT snippet with sorting to show how is possible to sort columns with with different data types..
/*
* Table example snippet: sort a table by column
*
* For a list of all SWT example snippets see
* http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
*
* @since 3.2
*/
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Date;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableItem;
public class SortTable {
private TableRow rows[] = new TableRow[] {
new TableRow(1, "aaa", new Date(1363784269000L)),
new TableRow(2, "abc", new Date(1367784269000L)),
new TableRow(3, "efc", new Date(1363584269000L)),
new TableRow(4, "ccc", new Date(1363734269000L)),
};
private Table table;
private TableColumn intColumn;
private TableColumn strColumn;
private TableColumn dateColumn;
public SortTable() {
Display display = new Display();
Shell shell = new Shell(display);
shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
table = new Table(shell, SWT.BORDER);
table.setHeaderVisible(true);
intColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
intColumn.setText("int");
intColumn.setWidth(50);
strColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
strColumn.setText("string");
strColumn.setWidth(50);
dateColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
dateColumn.setText("date");
dateColumn.setWidth(100);
updateTable();
Listener sortListener = new Listener() {
public void handleEvent(Event e) {
TableColumn column = (TableColumn) e.widget;
if (column == intColumn) Arrays.sort(rows, BY_VAL);
if (column == strColumn) Arrays.sort(rows, BY_STR);
if (column == dateColumn) Arrays.sort(rows, BY_DATE);
table.setSortColumn(column);
updateTable();
}
};
intColumn.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
strColumn.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
dateColumn.addListener(SWT.Selection, sortListener);
shell.setSize(shell.computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT).x, 300);
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch())
display.sleep();
}
display.dispose();
}
private void updateTable() {
table.removeAll();
for (TableRow row : rows) {
TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
item.setText(row.asString());
}
}
public final Comparator<TableRow> BY_VAL = new Comparator<TableRow>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableRow o1, TableRow o2) {
if (o1.val < o2.val) return -1;
if (o1.val > o2.val) return 1;
return 0;
}
};
public final Comparator<TableRow> BY_STR = new Comparator<TableRow>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableRow o1, TableRow o2) {
return o1.str.compareTo(o2.str);
}
};
public final Comparator<TableRow> BY_DATE = new Comparator<TableRow>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableRow o1, TableRow o2) {
return o1.date.compareTo(o2.date);
}
};
private class TableRow {
private int val;
private String str;
private Date date;
private SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat();
public TableRow(int val, String str, Date date) {
this.val = val;
this.str = str;
this.date = date;
}
public String[] asString() {
return new String[] {Integer.toString(val), str, format.format(date)};
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SortTable();
}
}
Summarize it's totally up to programmer how will be columns in table sorted, because table just always wants array of String for a row whatever they mean..
You can throw a comparator for the column in as data to the column, and then use it to sort. This keeps the sorting logic closer to the definition of the column itself.
intColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
intColumn.setText("int");
intColumn.setWidth(50);
intColumn.setData(new Comparator<TableItem>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableItem t1, TableItem t2) {
int i1 = Integer.parseInt(t1.getText(0));
int i2 = Integer.parseInt(t2.getText(0));
if (i1.val < i2.val) return -1;
if (i1.val > i2.val) return 1;
return 0;
}
};
strColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
strColumn.setText("string");
strColumn.setWidth(50);
strColumn.setData(new Comparator<TableItem>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableItem t1, TableItem t2) {
return t1.getText(1).compareTo(t2.getText(1));
}
};
dateColumn = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
dateColumn.setText("date");
dateColumn.setWidth(100);
dateColumn.setData(new Comparator<TableItem>() {
@Override
public int compare(TableItem t1, TableItem t2) {
return Date.parse(t1.getText(2)).compareTo(Date.parse(t2.getText(2)));
}
};
Listener sortListener = e -> {
TableColumn sortColumn = table.getSortColumn();
TableColumn selectedColumn = (TableColumn) e.widget;
int dir = table.getSortDirection();
if (sortColumn == selectedColumn) {
dir = dir == SWT.UP ? SWT.DOWN : SWT.UP;
} else {
table.setSortColumn(selectedColumn);
dir = SWT.UP;
}
TableItem[] items = table.getItems();
final Comparator<TableItem> comparator = (Comparator<TableItem>) selectedColumn.getData();
for (int i = 1; i < items.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
if ((comparator.compare(items[i], items[j]) < 0 && dir == SWT.UP) || (comparator.compare(items[i], items[j]) > 0 && dir == SWT.DOWN)) {
String[] oldItem = new String[table.getColumnCount()];
for (int h = 0; h < table.getColumnCount(); h++) {
item[h] = items[i].getText(h);
}
items[i].dispose();
TableItem newItem = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE, j);
newItem.setText(oldItem);
items = table.getItems();
break;
}
}
}
table.setSortDirection(dir);
};