org.displaytag.model
Class Column

java.lang.Object
  org.displaytag.model.Column

public class Column
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a column in a table.

Version:

$Revision: 1092 $ ($Author: rapruitt $)

Author:

Fabrizio Giustina

Constructor Summary

Column(HeaderCell headerCell, Cell currentCell, Row parentRow)
Constructor for Column.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	createChoppedAndLinkedValue() Calculates the cell content, cropping or linking the value as needed.
java.lang.String	getChoppedAndLinkedValue() get the final value to be displayed in the table.
java.lang.String	getCloseTag() Generates the cell close tag (</td>).
HeaderCell	getHeaderCell() Get the header cell for this column.
java.lang.String	getOpenTag() Generates the cell open tag.
java.lang.Object	getValue(boolean decorated) Gets the value, after calling the table / column decorator is requested.
void	initialize() Initialize the cell value.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Column

public Column(HeaderCell headerCell,
              Cell currentCell,
              Row parentRow)

Constructor for Column.

Parameters:

headerCell - HeaderCell

currentCell - Cell

parentRow - Row

Method Detail

getHeaderCell

public HeaderCell getHeaderCell()

Get the header cell for this column.

Returns:

the cell

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue(boolean decorated)
                          throws ObjectLookupException,
                                 DecoratorException

Gets the value, after calling the table / column decorator is requested.

Parameters:

decorated - boolean

Returns:

Object will never be null if ShowNulls has been set to false

Throws:

ObjectLookupException - for errors in bean property lookup

DecoratorException - if a column decorator is used and an exception is thrown during value decoration

getOpenTag

public java.lang.String getOpenTag()

Generates the cell open tag.

Returns:

String td open tag

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws DecoratorException,
                       ObjectLookupException

Initialize the cell value.

Throws:

ObjectLookupException - for errors in bean property lookup

DecoratorException - if a column decorator is used and an exception is thrown during value decoration

DecoratorException

ObjectLookupException

getCloseTag

public java.lang.String getCloseTag()

Generates the cell close tag (</td>).

Returns:

String td closing tag

createChoppedAndLinkedValue

public java.lang.String createChoppedAndLinkedValue()
                                             throws ObjectLookupException,
                                                    DecoratorException

Calculates the cell content, cropping or linking the value as needed.

Returns:

String

Throws:

ObjectLookupException - for errors in bean property lookup

DecoratorException - if a column decorator is used and an exception is thrown during value decoration

getChoppedAndLinkedValue

public java.lang.String getChoppedAndLinkedValue()

get the final value to be displayed in the table. This method can only be called after initialize(), where the content is evaluated

Returns:

String final value to be displayed in the table

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()