ca.odell.glazedlists.swt
Class DefaultItemFormat<E>

java.lang.Object
  ca.odell.glazedlists.swt.DefaultItemFormat<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

ItemFormat<E>

public class DefaultItemFormat<E>
extends Object
implements ItemFormat<E>

Default implementation of ItemFormat that converts an element by calling toString() on it. If the element is null, by default, the empty string is returned, but another default value can be specified.

Author:

Holger Brands

See Also:

DefaultItemFormat(String)

Constructor Summary

DefaultItemFormat()
Default constructor which uses the empty string as representation for null elements.

DefaultItemFormat(String valueForNullElement)
Constructor which takes a default value for representing a null element.

Method Summary

String

format(E element) Converts a list element to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultItemFormat

public DefaultItemFormat()

Default constructor which uses the empty string as representation for null elements.

DefaultItemFormat

public DefaultItemFormat(String valueForNullElement)

Constructor which takes a default value for representing a null element.

Parameters:

valueForNullElement - string value to be used for a null element

Method Detail

format

public String format(E element)

Description copied from interface: ItemFormat

Converts a list element to a string.

Specified by:

format in interface ItemFormat<E>

Parameters:

element - the element to convert

Returns:

the string representation