Data Point Recorder sorts using alpha, not numeric

[jbfaden]

I just noticed the DataPointRecorder GUI sorts by column using an alpha sort, not numeric. I thought I could use the digitizer, then sort by the "sigmas" column, then delete the low ones, but I can't because of this limitation (and it would be easy to think it was a numeric sort, leading to mistakes). The units of the column should determine the sort type. ![Uploading 20220308_180217.png…]()

[jbfaden]

I've verified that this is still the case. The column "y" is sorted by alpha, not numerically.

[jbfaden]

This Autoplot script demos:

from org.das2.components import DataPointRecorder
setScriptDescription('Demo proper sort for DataPointRecorder https://github.com/das-developers/das2java/issues/28')

dpr= DataPointRecorder()

addTab( 'record',dpr )

tt = linspace( datum('2030-033'),datum('2030-043'),11)

d = dataset

dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[0], d(8), d('aaa') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[1], d(9), d('bbb') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[2], d(10), d('fff') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[3], d(11), d('eee') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[4], d(12), d('ddd') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[5], d(13), d('ccc') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[6], d(14), d('hhh') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[7], d(15), d('jjj') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[8], d(16), d('iii') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[9], d(17), d('kkk') ) )
dpr.addDataPoint( bundle( tt[10], d(18), d('zzz') ) )

setStatus('test sort on each column')

[jbfaden]

The problem is that the TableModel's getValueAt would format the data to Strings, instead of letting a "view" object (MVC) format the data. I'm making it so that getValueAt returns a datum, and then a view layer will be used to format the data in the table. This is likely to introduce bugs and needs to be done carefully.

[jbfaden]

Also I notice that Datum's compareTo method always compares the number backing the Datum, so nominal data is sorted arbitrarily instead of alphabetically. ("Chicago" should come before "Denver", but if Denver is encountered first, this is not the case.) The method now checks the unit and sorts by string value in this case.

[jbfaden]

A new TableCellRenderer is needed to hide the units, which are provided in the column header.

[jbfaden]

When running addPointDigitizer, I see that if the table is sorted, then the selection doesn't work. https://abbith.physics.uiowa.edu/jbf/juno/-/blob/master/team/digitizer/addPointDigitizer.jy

[jbfaden]

This is fixed.