public abstract class TableView extends BoxView
Implements View interface for a table, that is composed of an element structure where the child elements of the element this view is responsible for represent rows and the child elements of the row elements are cells. The cell elements can have an arbitrary element structure under them, which will be built with the ViewFactory returned by the getViewFactory method.
TABLE ROW CELL CELL ROW CELL CELL
This is implemented as a hierarchy of boxes, the table itself is a vertical box, the rows are horizontal boxes, and the cells are vertical boxes. The cells are allowed to span multiple columns and rows. By default, the table can be thought of as being formed over a grid (i.e. somewhat like one would find in gridbag layout), where table cells can request to span more than one grid cell. The default horizontal span of table cells will be based upon this grid, but can be changed by reimplementing the requested span of the cell (i.e. table cells can have independant spans if desired).
View | Modifier and Type | Class | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| class  | TableView.TableCell  | Deprecated. 
 A table cell can now be any View implementation. | 
| class  | TableView.TableRow  | View of a row in a row-centric table. | 
BadBreakWeight, ExcellentBreakWeight, ForcedBreakWeight, GoodBreakWeight, X_AXIS, Y_AXIS BOTTOM, CENTER, EAST, HORIZONTAL, LEADING, LEFT, NEXT, NORTH, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, PREVIOUS, RIGHT, SOUTH, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST, TOP, TRAILING, VERTICAL, WEST | Constructor | Description | 
|---|---|
| TableView (Element elem) | Constructs a TableView for the given element. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| protected SizeRequirements  | calculateMinorAxisRequirements (int axis,
 SizeRequirements r) | Calculate the requirements for the minor axis. | 
| protected TableView.TableCell  | createTableCell (Element elem) | Deprecated. 
 Table cells can now be any arbitrary
 View implementation and should be produced by the
 ViewFactory rather than the table. | 
| protected TableView.TableRow  | createTableRow (Element elem) | Creates a new table row. | 
| protected void | forwardUpdate (DocumentEvent.ElementChange ec,
 DocumentEvent e,
 Shape a,
 ViewFactory f) | Forwards the given  DocumentEventto the child views
 that need to be notified of the change to the model. | 
| protected View  | getViewAtPosition (int pos,
 Rectangle a) | Fetches the child view that represents the given position in
 the model. | 
| protected void | layoutColumns (int targetSpan,
 int[] offsets,
 int[] spans,
 SizeRequirements[] reqs) | Lays out the columns to fit within the given target span. | 
| protected void | layoutMinorAxis (int targetSpan,
 int axis,
 int[] offsets,
 int[] spans) | Perform layout for the minor axis of the box (i.e. | 
| void | replace (int offset,
 int length,
 View[] views) | Change the child views. | 
baselineLayout, baselineRequirements, calculateMajorAxisRequirements, childAllocation, flipEastAndWestAtEnds, getAlignment, getAxis, getChildAllocation, getHeight, getMaximumSpan, getMinimumSpan, getOffset, getPreferredSpan, getResizeWeight, getSpan, getViewAtPoint, getWidth, isAfter, isAllocationValid, isBefore, isLayoutValid, layout, layoutChanged, layoutMajorAxis, modelToView, paint, paintChild, preferenceChanged, setAxis, setSize, viewToModel getBottomInset, getInsideAllocation, getLeftInset, getNextEastWestVisualPositionFrom, getNextNorthSouthVisualPositionFrom, getNextVisualPositionFrom, getRightInset, getTopInset, getView, getViewCount, getViewIndex, getViewIndexAtPosition, loadChildren, modelToView, setInsets, setParagraphInsets, setParent append, breakView, changedUpdate, createFragment, forwardUpdateToView, getAttributes, getBreakWeight, getContainer, getDocument, getElement, getEndOffset, getGraphics, getParent, getStartOffset, getToolTipText, getViewFactory, getViewIndex, insert, insertUpdate, isVisible, modelToView, remove, removeAll, removeUpdate, updateChildren, updateLayout, viewToModel public TableView(Element elem)
elem - the element that this view is responsible forprotected TableView.TableRow createTableRow(Element elem)
elem - an element@Deprecated protected TableView.TableCell createTableCell(Element elem)
elem - an elementprotected void forwardUpdate(DocumentEvent.ElementChange ec, DocumentEvent e, Shape a, ViewFactory f)
BoxView DocumentEvent to the child views
 that need to be notified of the change to the model.
 If a child changed its requirements and the allocation
 was valid prior to forwarding the portion of the box
 from the starting child to the end of the box will
 be repainted.forwardUpdate  in class BoxView ec - changes to the element this view is responsible
 for (may be null if there were no changes)e - the change information from the associated documenta - the current allocation of the viewf - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has childrenView.insertUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), 
View.removeUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), 
View.changedUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory) public void replace(int offset, int length, View[] views)
replace  in class BoxView offset - the starting index into the child views to insert
 the new views; this should be a value >= 0 and <= getViewCountlength - the number of existing child views to remove;
 This should be a value >= 0 and <= (getViewCount() - offset)views - the child views to add; this value can be
 nullto indicate no children are being added
 (useful to remove)protected void layoutColumns(int targetSpan, int[] offsets, int[] spans, SizeRequirements[] reqs)
offsets and spans.targetSpan - the given span for total of all the table
 columnsreqs - the requirements desired for each column. This
 is the column maximum of the cells minimum, preferred, and
 maximum requested spanspans - the return value of how much to allocated to
 each columnoffsets - the return value of the offset from the
 origin for each columnprotected void layoutMinorAxis(int targetSpan, int axis, int[] offsets, int[] spans)
 This is implemented to call the
 layoutColumns method, and then
 forward to the superclass to actually carry out the layout
 of the tables rows.
layoutMinorAxis  in class BoxView targetSpan - the total span given to the view, which
 would be used to layout the children.axis - the axis being layed out.offsets - the offsets from the origin of the view for
 each of the child views. This is a return value and is
 filled in by the implementation of this method.spans - the span of each child view. This is a return
 value and is filled in by the implementation of this method.protected SizeRequirements calculateMinorAxisRequirements(int axis, SizeRequirements r)
This is implemented to calculate the requirements as the sum of the requirements of the columns.
calculateMinorAxisRequirements  in class BoxView axis - the axis being studiedr - the SizeRequirements object;
 if null one will be createdSizeRequirements objectSizeRequirements protected View getViewAtPosition(int pos, Rectangle a)
getViewAtPosition  in class CompositeView pos - the search position >= 0a - the allocation to the table on entry, and the
 allocation of the view containing the position on exitnull if there isn't one Submit a bug or feature 
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