Using Searchable with Boolean values in JTable

[robert]

I've been experimenting with SearchableBar in my JTable. In some tables I have a Boolean column that is rendered as a JCheckBox. If I start a search with the letter "T", the search returns all of the rows where the checkbox is selected, correspoinding to TRUE. The same thing occurs when I start a search with the letter "F" (FALSE). The search results are then incorrect, but I have no idea how this problem can be corrected. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[JIDE Support]

Does it work as you expected or it doesn't? Type "T" should fine all check boxes that are checked and "F" should fine all that are not checked because we convert the value to String using toString method then compare with what user typed. So I think it should work correctly with both check and unchecked check boxes as long as the data behind the check box is a boolean.

Thanks,

[robert]

It does not work as expected to the end user. For example, there might be a table that does not have a single occurence of the the letter "T". But if they search for "T" they get results for every boolean true value, even though the word "true" does not appear anywhere in the table. To the end user, the search has returned an incorrect result. The average end user would not know that a checked box is equal to the letter "T".

[JIDE Support]

I think I prefer to keep it this way but you can easily change it by sublcassing TableSearchable and overriding convertElementToString method to convert boolean data to an empty string. Since those classes are open source in JIDE Common Layer at https://jide-oss.dev.java.net so feel free to check them out from svn and find a way to customize it to fit your need.

Thanks,

[robert]

Thanks for your reply, I will try your suggestion.