NatTable - how to implement custom CopyDataToClipboardSerializer - nattable

Question

in CopyDataToClipboardSerializer I need to override copiedCells variable.
I do use NatTableFactory.class where I create table, register new CopyDataCommandHandler, override table style and so on. But I do not know how to override CopyDataToClipboardSerializer. Or should I register new one and create own class?

Answer 1

I don't know your NatTableFactory class. So I am not sure what you are doing inside that class.
If you need a custom serializer to for example replace line breaks in a text to a space to avoid breaking the table structure, you need to create a custom implementation and use that.
class MyCopyDataCommandHandler extends CopyDataCommandHandler {
public MyCopyDataCommandHandler(SelectionLayer selectionLayer, ILayer columnHeaderLayer, ILayer rowHeaderLayer) {
super(selectionLayer, columnHeaderLayer, rowHeaderLayer);
}
#Override
protected void internalDoCommand(CopyDataToClipboardCommand command, ILayerCell[][] assembledCopiedDataStructure) {
ISerializer serializer = new MyCopyDataToClipboardSerializer(assembledCopiedDataStructure, command);
serializer.serialize();
}
}
class MyCopyDataToClipboardSerializer extends CopyDataToClipboardSerializer {
public MyCopyDataToClipboardSerializer(ILayerCell[][] copiedCells, CopyDataToClipboardCommand command) {
super(copiedCells, command);
}
#Override
protected String getTextForCell(ILayerCell cell) {
return super.getTextForCell(cell).replace('\n', ' ');
}
}
Then register the custom MyCopyDataCommandHandler like this if the headers should be exported too:
CopyDataCommandHandler copyHandler =
new MyCopyDataCommandHandler(
selectionLayer,
columnHeaderDataLayer,
rowHeaderDataLayer);
gridLayer.registerCommandHandler(copyHandler);