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1 /*
2  * @(#)TableStringConverter.java 1.2 05/11/17
3  *
4  * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7 package javax.swing.table;
8
9 /**
10  * TableStringConverter is used to convert objects from the model into
11  * strings. This is useful in filtering and searching when the model returns
12  * objects that do not have meaningful <code>toString</code> implementations.
13  *
14  * @version 1.2 11/17/05
15  * @since 1.6
16  */
17 public abstract class TableStringConverter {
18     /**
19      * Returns the string representation of the value at the specified
20      * location.
21      *
22      * @param model the <code>TableModel</code> to fetch the value from
23      * @param row the row the string is being requested for
24      * @param column the column the string is being requested for
25      * @return the string representation. This should never return null.
26      * @throws NullPointerException if <code>model</code> is null
27      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the arguments are outside the
28      * bounds of the model
29      */
30     public abstract String JavaDoc toString(TableModel JavaDoc model, int row, int column);
31 }
32
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