2.4/user/javadoc/com/google/gwt/examples/cellview/CellTableFieldUpdaterExample.java

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package com.google.gwt.examples.cellview;

import com.google.gwt.cell.client.FieldUpdater;
import com.google.gwt.cell.client.TextInputCell;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint;
import com.google.gwt.user.cellview.client.CellTable;
import com.google.gwt.user.cellview.client.Column;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
import com.google.gwt.view.client.ProvidesKey;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Example of using a {@link FieldUpdater} with a {@link CellTable}.
 */
public class CellTableFieldUpdaterExample implements EntryPoint {

  /**
   * A simple data type that represents a contact with a unique ID.
   */
  private static class Contact {
    private static int nextId = 0;

    private final int id;
    private String name;

    public Contact(String name) {
      nextId++;
      this.id = nextId;
      this.name = name;
    }
  }

  /**
   * The list of data to display.
   */
  private static final List<Contact> CONTACTS = Arrays.asList(new Contact("John"), new Contact(
      "Joe"), new Contact("George"));

  /**
   * The key provider that allows us to identify Contacts even if a field
   * changes. We identify contacts by their unique ID.
   */
  private static final ProvidesKey<Contact> KEY_PROVIDER =
      new ProvidesKey<CellTableFieldUpdaterExample.Contact>() {
        @Override
        public Object getKey(Contact item) {
          return item.id;
        }
      };

  @Override
  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a CellTable with a key provider.
    final CellTable<Contact> table = new CellTable<Contact>(KEY_PROVIDER);

    // Add a text input column to edit the name.
    final TextInputCell nameCell = new TextInputCell();
    Column<Contact, String> nameColumn = new Column<Contact, String>(nameCell) {
      @Override
      public String getValue(Contact object) {
        // Return the name as the value of this column.
        return object.name;
      }
    };
    table.addColumn(nameColumn, "Name");

    // Add a field updater to be notified when the user enters a new name.
    nameColumn.setFieldUpdater(new FieldUpdater<Contact, String>() {
      @Override
      public void update(int index, Contact object, String value) {
        // Inform the user of the change.
        Window.alert("You changed the name of " + object.name + " to " + value);

        // Push the changes into the Contact. At this point, you could send an
        // asynchronous request to the server to update the database.
        object.name = value;

        // Redraw the table with the new data.
        table.redraw();
      }
    });

    // Push the data into the widget.
    table.setRowData(CONTACTS);

    // Add it to the root panel.
    RootPanel.get().add(table);
  }
}