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Hidden Id for TableItem [message #1067049]

Fri, 05 July 2013 11:16

Eclipse User

I have an org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableItem object which needs to have both a display name and a hidden id. When the user clicks on the tableItem, my code will call a database which uses the hidden id.

I don't see anywhere on the API for TableItem to store a hidden id value. The setText method controls the user displayed value. What is the best practice for storing a hidden id for each element in a table?

Thanks!

Re: Hidden Id for TableItem [message #1067102 is a reply to message #1067049]

Fri, 05 July 2013 16:55

Eclipse User

I did some more research and I found two workarounds:

1. The TableItem inherits from Widget and Widget has a getData and setData method which sets/gets a java Object. I put my id in this data field since it was unused.

2. I also read some forum posts where users added a column with width 0 that contained the ids and read the ids out of this column.

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