}
public int compareRowsByColumn(int row1, int row2, int column)
{
Class type = model.getColumnClass(column);
TableModel data = model;
// Check for nulls
Object o1 = data.getValueAt(row1, column);
Object o2 = data.getValueAt(row2, column);
// If both values are null return 0
if (o1 == null && o2 == null) {
return 0;
}
else if (o1 == null) { // Define null less than everything.
return -1;
}
else if (o2 == null) {
return 1;
}
/* We copy all returned values from the getValue call in case
an optimised model is reusing one object to return many values.
The Number subclasses in the JDK are immutable and so will not be used in
this way but other subclasses of Number might want to do this to save
space and avoid unnecessary heap allocation.
*/
if (type.getSuperclass() == java.lang.Number.class)
{
Number n1 = (Number)data.getValueAt(row1, column);
double d1 = n1.doubleValue();
Number n2 = (Number)data.getValueAt(row2, column);
double d2 = n2.doubleValue();
if (d1 < d2)
return -1;
else if (d1 > d2)
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
else if (type == java.util.Date.class)
{
Date d1 = (Date)data.getValueAt(row1, column);
long n1 = d1.getTime();
Date d2 = (Date)data.getValueAt(row2, column);
long n2 = d2.getTime();
if (n1 < n2)
return -1;
else if (n1 > n2)
return 1;
else return 0;
}
else if (type == String.class)
{
String s1 = (String)data.getValueAt(row1, column);
String s2 = (String)data.getValueAt(row2, column);
int result = s1.compareTo(s2);
if (result < 0)
return -1;
else if (result > 0)
return 1;
else return 0;
}
else if (type == Boolean.class)
{
Boolean bool1 = (Boolean)data.getValueAt(row1, column);
boolean b1 = bool1.booleanValue();
Boolean bool2 = (Boolean)data.getValueAt(row2, column);
boolean b2 = bool2.booleanValue();
if (b1 == b2)
return 0;
else if (b1) // Define false < true
return 1;
else
return -1;
}
else
{
Object v1 = data.getValueAt(row1, column);
String s1 = v1.toString();
Object v2 = data.getValueAt(row2, column);
String s2 = v2.toString();
int result = s1.compareTo(s2);
if (result < 0)
return -1;