com.jidesoft.grouper
Class AbstractObjectGrouper

java.lang.Object
  com.jidesoft.grouper.AbstractObjectGrouper

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectGrouper

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateGrouper, DefaultObjectGrouper

public abstract class AbstractObjectGrouper
extends java.lang.Object
implements ObjectGrouper

The abstract implementation of ObjectGrouper. It just implements the getConverterContext() and getComparatorContext() methods.

Constructor Summary

AbstractObjectGrouper()

Method Summary

ComparatorContext	getComparatorContext() Gets the comparator context for the value returned from this object grouper.
ConverterContext	getConverterContext() Gets the converter context for the value returned from this object grouper.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.jidesoft.grouper.ObjectGrouper

getName, getType, getValue

Constructor Detail

AbstractObjectGrouper

public AbstractObjectGrouper()

Method Detail

getConverterContext

public ConverterContext getConverterContext()

Description copied from interface: ObjectGrouper

Gets the converter context for the value returned from this object grouper. This converter context will be used to find the ObjectConverter that will convert the value returned from ObjectGrouper.getValue(Object) method to String so that it can be displayed somewhere.

Specified by:

getConverterContext in interface ObjectGrouper

Returns:

the converter context.

getComparatorContext

public ComparatorContext getComparatorContext()

Description copied from interface: ObjectGrouper

Gets the comparator context for the value returned from this object grouper. This comparator context will be used to find the ObjectComparator that will sort the values return from ObjectGrouper.getValue(Object) method whenever sorting is needed.

Specified by:

getComparatorContext in interface ObjectGrouper

Returns:

the converter context.