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## javax.swing.table
Class TableStringConverter

    java.lang.Object
      javax.swing.table.TableStringConverter

    public abstract class TableStringConverter

extends Object

TableStringConverter is used to convert objects from the model into strings. This is useful in filtering and searching when the model returns objects that do not have meaningful `toString` implementations.

Since:
  1.6

Constructor Summary
`TableStringConverter()`

Method Summary
`abstract String` | `toString(TableModel model, int row, int column)` Returns the string representation of the value at the specified location.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### TableStringConverter

    public TableStringConverter()

Method Detail

### toString

    public abstract String toString(TableModel model,
                                    int row,
                                    int column)

  Returns the string representation of the value at the specified location.

  Parameters:
    `model` - the `TableModel` to fetch the value from
    `row` - the row the string is being requested for
    `column` - the column the string is being requested for
  Returns:
    the string representation. This should never return null.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if `model` is null
    `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the arguments are outside the bounds of the model

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