Add a "sorter" to the SSDataGrid

[bpangburn]

2005-03-10, Prasanth Pasala: https://sourceforge.net/p/swingset/feature-requests/21/

As suggested in this thread on the forums, we need to investigate adding a table sorter to the SSDataGrid:
https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3038707

Amit provided the following info on how to implement this:

Also, I am using a TableSorter given by the sun
JTable table = (JTable) viewport.getView();
//Encapsulate the table model by TableSorter to add sorting functionality
TableSorter sorter = new TableSorter(table.getModel());
table.setModel(sorter);
sorter.setTableHeader(table.getTableHeader());

Is the additional comma due to the TableSorter, the code for the table sorter can be found at
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/example-1dot4/TableSorter.java (dead link)

Possibly:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/components/TableSorterDemoProject/src/components/TableSorter.java
From:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html

[errael]

Original comment from JDK 1.2! Try SSDataGrid sorting from https://github.com/bpangburn/swingset/tree/Grid Example5

@bpangburn @prasanthreddy-git weighing in and additional considerations appreciated

As of 2023/02/18

Added SSDataGrid.setSorting(boolean) to enable/disable sorting

Starts with sorting enabled, click column header to sort, and Swing defaults

• Up to 3 sort keys
• No custom comparators

Grid specific behavior

• When the insert row is displayed, no sorting; when the insert row is taken down the previous sort is reestablished
• When sorting is disabled, the sorting is forgotten and is fresh (null sort keys) when re-enabled

Possible additions/changes

• Have column header clicking cycle through an additional state "no sort"
  Currently no way to turn off sort with column clicking.
• Are custom comparators needed?

Note: The Swing table's sorting has support for filtering, there's #127 about filtering.