Introduction

This document lists changes made to the ETable and Outline API.

Index of APIs

ETable and Outline APIs

Incompatible changes by date

Fuller descriptions of all changes can be found below (follow links).

Not all deprecations are listed here, assuming that the deprecated APIs continue to essentially work. For a full deprecation list, please consult the Javadoc.

All changes by date

(Mar 8 '09) Add a support for rendering of check-boxes in the tree column.
(Jan 15 '09) Possibility to define comparator for sorting the rows
(Jan 9 '09) Allow persist column sorting
(Jul 17 '08) Add an option to turn column hiding off.

Changes by version

These API specification versions may be used to indicate that a module requires a certain API feature in order to function. For example, if you see here a feature you need which is labelled 1.20, your manifest should contain in its main attributes the line:

OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.swing.outline > 1.20

(1.4) Add a support for rendering of check-boxes in the tree column.
(1.3) Possibility to define comparator for sorting the rows
(1.3) Allow persist column sorting
(1.1) Add an option to turn column hiding off.

Changes by affected class

`org.netbeans.swing.outline.CheckRenderDataProvider`

(Mar 8 '09) Add a support for rendering of check-boxes in the tree column.

`org.netbeans.swing.etable.ETable`

(Jul 17 '08) Add an option to turn column hiding off.

`org.netbeans.swing.etable.ETableColumn`

(Jan 15 '09) Possibility to define comparator for sorting the rows
(Jan 9 '09) Allow persist column sorting

`org.netbeans.swing.etable.ETableColumnModel`

(Jan 9 '09) Allow persist column sorting

Details of all changes by API and date

ETable and Outline APIs

Add a support for rendering of check-boxes in the tree column.

Mar 8 '09; API spec. version: 1.4; affected top-level classes: CheckRenderDataProvider; made by: mentlicher; issues: #159546

Added CheckRenderDataProvider interface.

Possibility to define comparator for sorting the rows

Jan 15 '09; API spec. version: 1.3; affected top-level classes: ETableColumn; made by: jrechtacek; issues: #86793

Added methods setNestedComparator(Comparator c) and getNestedComparator () to allow to define own java.util.Comparator for for sorting the rows belonging to same parent.

Allow persist column sorting

Jan 9 '09; API spec. version: 1.3; affected top-level classes: ETableColumn ETableColumnModel; made by: jrechtacek; issues: #151294

Added methods setSorted(int rank, boolean ascending), setSortRank(int newRank), setAscending(boolean ascending) and setColumnSorted(ETableColumn etc, boolean ascending, int newRank) to allow persist column sorting.

Add an option to turn column hiding off.

Jul 17 '08; API spec. version: 1.1; affected top-level classes: ETable; made by: saubrecht

Added method setColumnHidingAllowed(boolean) to turn column hiding on/off.