Helpers: TableViewer Text Export

Today I would like to present a small helper class that exports the content of a TableViewer to a String representation.

How to use

The default implementation creates a CSV output. Exporting the table is simple:

TableExporter exporter = new TableExporter(tableViewer);
exporter.print(outputStream);

// exporter.toString() // serializes into a String

The export uses sorting, filtering and column ordering so your output matches to what you see on the screen.

Other output formats

If you are interested in other output formats, have a look at HTMLTableExporter, which renders the same data into an HTML table. You can easily extend the base class to adapt the output format to your own needs.

Examples

rendered as CSV text:

First,Last,City
Obi-Wan,Kenobi,Tatooine
Leia,Organa,Alderaan
Luke,Skywalker,Tatooine
Han,Solo,Corellia

...or as HTML table

First	Last	City
Obi-Wan	Kenobi	Tatooine
Leia	Organa	Alderaan
Luke	Skywalker	Tatooine
Han	Solo	Corellia