# Class DefaultRowSorter.ModelWrapper<M,I>

java.lang.Object
javax.swing.DefaultRowSorter.ModelWrapper<M,I>

Type Parameters:
  `M` - the type of the underlying model
  `I` - the identifier supplied to the filter

Enclosing class:
  `DefaultRowSorter<M,I>`

protected abstract static class DefaultRowSorter.ModelWrapper<M,I> extends Object
`DefaultRowSorter.ModelWrapper` is responsible for providing the data that gets sorted by `DefaultRowSorter`. You normally do not interact directly with `ModelWrapper`. Subclasses of `DefaultRowSorter` provide an implementation of `ModelWrapper` wrapping another model. For example, `TableRowSorter` provides a `ModelWrapper` that wraps a `TableModel`.

`ModelWrapper` makes a distinction between values as `Object`s and `String`s. This allows implementations to provide a custom string converter to be used instead of invoking `toString` on the object.

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `RowFilter`
  - `RowFilter.Entry`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  `protected`
  `ModelWrapper()`
  Creates a new `ModelWrapper`.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `abstract int`
  `getColumnCount()`
  Returns the number of columns in the model.
  `abstract I`
  `getIdentifier(int row)`
  Returns the identifier for the specified row.
  `abstract M`
  `getModel()`
  Returns the underlying model that this `Model` is wrapping.
  `abstract int`
  `getRowCount()`
  Returns the number of rows in the model.
  `String`
  `getStringValueAt(int row, int column)`
  Returns the value as a `String` at the specified index.
  `abstract Object`
  `getValueAt(int row, int column)`
  Returns the value at the specified index.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### ModelWrapper

    protected ModelWrapper()
    Creates a new `ModelWrapper`.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getModel

    public abstract M getModel()
    Returns the underlying model that this `Model` is wrapping.
    Returns:
      the underlying model

  - ### getColumnCount

    public abstract int getColumnCount()
    Returns the number of columns in the model.
    Returns:
      the number of columns in the model

  - ### getRowCount

    public abstract int getRowCount()
    Returns the number of rows in the model.
    Returns:
      the number of rows in the model

  - ### getValueAt

    public abstract Object getValueAt(int row, int column)
    Returns the value at the specified index.
    Parameters:
      `row` - the row index
      `column` - the column index
    Returns:
      the value at the specified index
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the indices are outside the range of the model

  - ### getStringValueAt

    public String getStringValueAt(int row, int column)
    Returns the value as a `String` at the specified index. This implementation uses `toString` on the result from `getValueAt` (making sure to return an empty string for null values). Subclasses that override this method should never return null.
    Parameters:
      `row` - the row index
      `column` - the column index
    Returns:
      the value at the specified index as a `String`
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the indices are outside the range of the model

  - ### getIdentifier

    public abstract I getIdentifier(int row)
    Returns the identifier for the specified row. The return value of this is used as the identifier for the `RowFilter.Entry` that is passed to the `RowFilter`.
    Parameters:
      `row` - the row to return the identifier for, in terms of the underlying model
    Returns:
      the identifier
    See Also:
      - `RowFilter.Entry.getIdentifier()`