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Jide grids developer_guide
1. JIDE Grids Developer Guide
PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT
Welcome to the JIDE Grids, the JTable extension product in JIDE Software’s product line.
This document is for developers who want to develop applications using JIDE Grids .
WHAT IS JIDE GRIDS
Believe it or not, JTable is probably one of the most commonly used Swing components in most
Swing applications.
Many people complained about the design of JTable. Every design has its pros and cons - so
does JTable. People have so many various kinds of requirements, so it’s really hard to design such a
complex component as JTable satisfying everybody’s needs. In our opinion, it’s not the design of
JTable is not good but it left out many important features that a table should have. Good news is
JTable does leave many extension points so that you can enhance it to meet your needs. So as long as
we keep improving it, it will get better and better - JIDE Grids is one step toward this goal. All
components in JIDE Grids are related to JTable and are fully compatible with JTable.
PACKAGES
The table below lists the packages in the JIDE Grids product.
Packages Description
com.jidesoft.grid All the JTable related components are in this package,
including PropertyTable, SortableTable, CellSpanTable,
CellStyleTable, TreeTable, HierarchicalTable,
SortableTableModel, and FilterableTableModel etc.
com.jidesoft.converter Converters that can convert from String to Object and from
Object to String.
com.jidesoft.comparator1 Comparators
com.jidesoft.combobox Several ComboBox-like components such as DateComboBox
and ColorComboBox, as well as classes needed to create your
own ComboBox.
com.jidesoft.list SortableListModel, FilterableListModel and other classes
related to JList
com.jidesoft.tree SortableTreeModel, FilterableTreeModel and other classes
related to JTree
1 This package is moved to jide-common.jar as other products also need comparators.