Examples with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider used on opensource projects

Example 1 with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider

use of org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider in project nebula.widgets.nattable by eclipse.

the class _509_SortHeaderLayerExample method createExampleControl.

@Override
public Control createExampleControl(Composite parent) {
    // property names of the Person class
    String[] propertyNames = { "firstName", "lastName", "gender", "married", "birthday" };
    // mapping from property to label, needed for column header labels
    Map<String, String> propertyToLabelMap = new HashMap<>();
    propertyToLabelMap.put("firstName", "Firstname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("lastName", "Lastname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("gender", "Gender");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("married", "Married");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("birthday", "Birthday");
    // build the body layer stack
    // Usually you would create a new layer stack by extending
    // AbstractIndexLayerTransform and
    // setting the ViewportLayer as underlying layer. But in this case using
    // the ViewportLayer
    // directly as body layer is also working.
    List<PersonWithAddress> data = PersonService.getPersonsWithAddress(10);
    IColumnPropertyAccessor<PersonWithAddress> accessor = new ReflectiveColumnPropertyAccessor<>(propertyNames);
    IDataProvider bodyDataProvider = new ListDataProvider<>(data, accessor);
    DataLayer bodyDataLayer = new DataLayer(bodyDataProvider);
    ColumnReorderLayer columnReorderLayer = new ColumnReorderLayer(bodyDataLayer);
    ColumnHideShowLayer columnHideShowLayer = new ColumnHideShowLayer(columnReorderLayer);
    SelectionLayer selectionLayer = new SelectionLayer(columnHideShowLayer);
    ViewportLayer viewportLayer = new ViewportLayer(selectionLayer);
    // build the column header layer
    IDataProvider columnHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider(propertyNames, propertyToLabelMap);
    DataLayer columnHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer(columnHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer columnHeaderLayer = new ColumnHeaderLayer(columnHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    ConfigRegistry configRegistry = new ConfigRegistry();
    SortHeaderLayer<PersonWithAddress> sortHeaderLayer = new SortHeaderLayer<>(columnHeaderLayer, new PersonWithAddressSortModel(data));
    // build the row header layer
    IDataProvider rowHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    DataLayer rowHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer(rowHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer rowHeaderLayer = new RowHeaderLayer(rowHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the corner layer
    IDataProvider cornerDataProvider = new DefaultCornerDataProvider(columnHeaderDataProvider, rowHeaderDataProvider);
    DataLayer cornerDataLayer = new DataLayer(cornerDataProvider);
    ILayer cornerLayer = new CornerLayer(cornerDataLayer, rowHeaderLayer, sortHeaderLayer);
    // build the grid layer
    GridLayer gridLayer = new GridLayer(viewportLayer, sortHeaderLayer, rowHeaderLayer, cornerLayer);
    // turn the auto configuration off as we want to add custom
    // configurations
    NatTable natTable = new NatTable(parent, gridLayer, false);
    natTable.setConfigRegistry(configRegistry);
    // as the autoconfiguration of the NatTable is turned off, we have to
    // add the DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration manually
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration());
    // enable sorting on single click on the column header
    natTable.addConfiguration(new SingleClickSortConfiguration());
    natTable.configure();
    return natTable;
}

Example 2 with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider

use of org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider in project nebula.widgets.nattable by eclipse.

the class _5112_TwoLevelColumnGroupingExample method createExampleControl.

@Override
public Control createExampleControl(Composite parent) {
    // property names of the Person class
    String[] propertyNames = { "firstName", "lastName", "gender", "married", "address.street", "address.housenumber", "address.postalCode", "address.city", "age", "birthday", "money", "description", "favouriteFood", "favouriteDrinks" };
    // mapping from property to label, needed for column header labels
    Map<String, String> propertyToLabelMap = new HashMap<>();
    propertyToLabelMap.put("firstName", "Firstname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("lastName", "Lastname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("gender", "Gender");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("married", "Married");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("address.street", "Street");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("address.housenumber", "Housenumber");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("address.postalCode", "Postalcode");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("address.city", "City");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("age", "Age");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("birthday", "Birthday");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("money", "Money");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("description", "Description");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("favouriteFood", "Food");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("favouriteDrinks", "Drinks");
    IColumnPropertyAccessor<ExtendedPersonWithAddress> columnPropertyAccessor = new ExtendedReflectiveColumnPropertyAccessor<>(propertyNames);
    ColumnGroupModel columnGroupModel = new ColumnGroupModel();
    ColumnGroupModel sndColumnGroupModel = new ColumnGroupModel();
    // build the body layer stack
    // Usually you would create a new layer stack by extending
    // AbstractIndexLayerTransform and setting the ViewportLayer as
    // underlying layer. But in this case using the ViewportLayer directly
    // as body layer is also working.
    IDataProvider bodyDataProvider = new ListDataProvider<>(PersonService.getExtendedPersonsWithAddress(10), columnPropertyAccessor);
    DataLayer bodyDataLayer = new DataLayer(bodyDataProvider);
    ColumnReorderLayer columnReorderLayer = new ColumnReorderLayer(bodyDataLayer);
    ColumnGroupReorderLayer columnGroupReorderLayer = new ColumnGroupReorderLayer(columnReorderLayer, columnGroupModel);
    ColumnHideShowLayer columnHideShowLayer = new ColumnHideShowLayer(columnGroupReorderLayer);
    ColumnGroupExpandCollapseLayer columnGroupExpandCollapseLayer = new ColumnGroupExpandCollapseLayer(columnHideShowLayer, sndColumnGroupModel, columnGroupModel);
    SelectionLayer selectionLayer = new SelectionLayer(columnGroupExpandCollapseLayer);
    ViewportLayer viewportLayer = new ViewportLayer(selectionLayer);
    // build the column header layer
    IDataProvider columnHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider(propertyNames, propertyToLabelMap);
    DataLayer columnHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer(columnHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer columnHeaderLayer = new ColumnHeaderLayer(columnHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    ColumnGroupHeaderLayer columnGroupHeaderLayer = new ColumnGroupHeaderLayer(columnHeaderLayer, selectionLayer, columnGroupModel);
    // configure the column groups
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("Person", 0, 1, 2, 3);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("Address", 4, 5, 6, 7);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("Facts", 8, 9, 10);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("Personal", 11, 12, 13);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.setStaticColumnIndexesByGroup("Person", 0, 1);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.setStaticColumnIndexesByGroup("Address", 4, 5, 6);
    columnGroupHeaderLayer.setGroupUnbreakable(1);
    ColumnGroupGroupHeaderLayer sndGroup = new ColumnGroupGroupHeaderLayer(columnGroupHeaderLayer, selectionLayer, sndColumnGroupModel);
    sndGroup.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("PersonWithAddress", 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7);
    sndGroup.addColumnsIndexesToGroup("Additional Information", 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13);
    sndGroup.setStaticColumnIndexesByGroup("PersonWithAddress", 0, 1);
    // build the row header layer
    IDataProvider rowHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    DataLayer rowHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer(rowHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer rowHeaderLayer = new RowHeaderLayer(rowHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the corner layer
    IDataProvider cornerDataProvider = new DefaultCornerDataProvider(columnHeaderDataProvider, rowHeaderDataProvider);
    DataLayer cornerDataLayer = new DataLayer(cornerDataProvider);
    ILayer cornerLayer = new CornerLayer(cornerDataLayer, rowHeaderLayer, sndGroup);
    // build the grid layer
    GridLayer gridLayer = new GridLayer(viewportLayer, sndGroup, rowHeaderLayer, cornerLayer);
    // turn the auto configuration off as we want to add our header menu
    // configuration
    NatTable natTable = new NatTable(parent, gridLayer);
    return natTable;
}

Example 3 with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider

use of org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider in project nebula.widgets.nattable by eclipse.

the class _5113_RowGroupingExample method createExampleControl.

@Override
public Control createExampleControl(Composite parent) {
    // Body
    // property names of the Person class
    String[] propertyNames = { "firstName", "lastName", "gender", "married", "birthday" };
    // mapping from property to label, needed for column header labels
    Map<String, String> propertyToLabelMap = new HashMap<>();
    propertyToLabelMap.put("firstName", "Firstname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("lastName", "Lastname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("gender", "Gender");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("married", "Married");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("birthday", "Birthday");
    // build the body layer stack
    // Usually you would create a new layer stack by extending
    // AbstractIndexLayerTransform and setting the ViewportLayer as
    // underlying layer. But in this case using the ViewportLayer directly
    // as body layer is also working.
    IRowDataProvider<Person> bodyDataProvider = new DefaultBodyDataProvider<>(getStaticPersonList(), propertyNames);
    DataLayer bodyDataLayer = new DataLayer(bodyDataProvider);
    ColumnReorderLayer columnReorderLayer = new ColumnReorderLayer(bodyDataLayer);
    ColumnHideShowLayer columnHideShowLayer = new ColumnHideShowLayer(columnReorderLayer);
    RowHideShowLayer rowHideShowLayer = new RowHideShowLayer(columnHideShowLayer);
    RowGroupModel<Person> rowGroupModel = new RowGroupModel<>();
    rowGroupModel.setDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    RowGroupExpandCollapseLayer<Person> rowExpandCollapseLayer = new RowGroupExpandCollapseLayer<>(rowHideShowLayer, rowGroupModel);
    SelectionLayer selectionLayer = new SelectionLayer(rowExpandCollapseLayer);
    ViewportLayer viewportLayer = new ViewportLayer(selectionLayer);
    // Column header
    DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider defaultColumnHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider(propertyNames, propertyToLabelMap);
    DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer columnHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer(defaultColumnHeaderDataProvider);
    ColumnHeaderLayer columnHeaderLayer = new ColumnHeaderLayer(columnHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // Row header
    DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider rowHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer rowHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer(rowHeaderDataProvider);
    RowHeaderLayer rowHeaderLayer = new RowHeaderLayer(rowHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer, false);
    rowHeaderLayer.addConfiguration(new RowHeaderConfiguration());
    RowGroupHeaderLayer<Person> rowGroupHeaderLayer = new RowGroupHeaderLayer<>(rowHeaderLayer, selectionLayer, rowGroupModel);
    rowGroupHeaderLayer.setColumnWidth(20);
    // Create a group of rows for the model.
    RowGroup<Person> rowGroup = new RowGroup<>(rowGroupModel, "Simpson", false);
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(0));
    rowGroup.addStaticMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(1));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(2));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(3));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(4));
    rowGroupModel.addRowGroup(rowGroup);
    rowGroup = new RowGroup<>(rowGroupModel, "Flanders", false);
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(5));
    rowGroup.addStaticMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(6));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(7));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(8));
    rowGroupModel.addRowGroup(rowGroup);
    rowGroup = new RowGroup<>(rowGroupModel, "Lovejoy", true);
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(9));
    rowGroup.addStaticMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(10));
    rowGroup.addMemberRow(bodyDataProvider.getRowObject(11));
    rowGroupModel.addRowGroup(rowGroup);
    // Corner
    final DefaultCornerDataProvider cornerDataProvider = new DefaultCornerDataProvider(defaultColumnHeaderDataProvider, rowHeaderDataProvider);
    DataLayer cornerDataLayer = new DataLayer(cornerDataProvider);
    ILayer cornerLayer = new CornerLayer(cornerDataLayer, rowGroupHeaderLayer, columnHeaderLayer);
    // Grid
    GridLayer gridLayer = new GridLayer(viewportLayer, columnHeaderLayer, rowGroupHeaderLayer, cornerLayer);
    NatTable natTable = new NatTable(parent, gridLayer, false);
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration());
    natTable.addConfiguration(new HeaderMenuConfiguration(natTable));
    natTable.configure();
    natTable.setTheme(new ModernNatTableThemeConfiguration());
    return natTable;
}

Example 4 with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider

use of org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider in project nebula.widgets.nattable by eclipse.

the class _513_FreezeExample method createExampleControl.

@Override
public Control createExampleControl(Composite parent) {
    Composite panel = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
    // property names of the Person class
    String[] propertyNames = { "firstName", "lastName", "gender", "married", "birthday" };
    // mapping from property to label, needed for column header labels
    Map<String, String> propertyToLabelMap = new HashMap<>();
    propertyToLabelMap.put("firstName", "Firstname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("lastName", "Lastname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("gender", "Gender");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("married", "Married");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("birthday", "Birthday");
    // build the body layer stack
    // Usually you would create a new layer stack by extending
    // AbstractIndexLayerTransform and setting the ViewportLayer as
    // underlying layer. But in this case using the ViewportLayer directly
    // as body layer is also working.
    IDataProvider bodyDataProvider = new DefaultBodyDataProvider<>(PersonService.getPersons(10), propertyNames);
    DataLayer bodyDataLayer = new DataLayer(bodyDataProvider);
    ColumnReorderLayer columnReorderLayer = new ColumnReorderLayer(bodyDataLayer);
    ColumnHideShowLayer columnHideShowLayer = new ColumnHideShowLayer(columnReorderLayer);
    final SelectionLayer selectionLayer = new SelectionLayer(columnHideShowLayer);
    final ViewportLayer viewportLayer = new ViewportLayer(selectionLayer);
    final FreezeLayer freezeLayer = new FreezeLayer(selectionLayer);
    final CompositeFreezeLayer compositeFreezeLayer = new CompositeFreezeLayer(freezeLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the column header layer
    IDataProvider columnHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider(propertyNames, propertyToLabelMap);
    DataLayer columnHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer(columnHeaderDataProvider);
    ColumnHeaderLayer columnHeaderLayer = new ColumnHeaderLayer(columnHeaderDataLayer, compositeFreezeLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the row header layer
    IDataProvider rowHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    DataLayer rowHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer(rowHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer rowHeaderLayer = new RowHeaderLayer(rowHeaderDataLayer, compositeFreezeLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the corner layer
    IDataProvider cornerDataProvider = new DefaultCornerDataProvider(columnHeaderDataProvider, rowHeaderDataProvider);
    DataLayer cornerDataLayer = new DataLayer(cornerDataProvider);
    ILayer cornerLayer = new CornerLayer(cornerDataLayer, rowHeaderLayer, columnHeaderLayer);
    // build the grid layer
    GridLayer gridLayer = new GridLayer(compositeFreezeLayer, columnHeaderLayer, rowHeaderLayer, cornerLayer);
    // turn the auto configuration off as we want to add our header menu
    // configuration
    final NatTable natTable = new NatTable(panel, gridLayer, false);
    // as the autoconfiguration of the NatTable is turned off, we have to
    // add the DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration manually
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration());
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DefaultFreezeGridBindings());
    // add the corner menu configuration for adding the view management
    // action
    natTable.addConfiguration(new AbstractHeaderMenuConfiguration(natTable) {

        @Override
        protected PopupMenuBuilder createColumnHeaderMenu(NatTable natTable) {
            return super.createColumnHeaderMenu(natTable).withHideColumnMenuItem().withShowAllColumnsMenuItem().withColumnChooserMenuItem();
        }

        @Override
        protected PopupMenuBuilder createCornerMenu(NatTable natTable) {
            return super.createCornerMenu(natTable).withShowAllColumnsMenuItem().withStateManagerMenuItemProvider();
        }
    });
    natTable.configure();
    panel.setLayout(new GridLayout());
    GridDataFactory.fillDefaults().grab(true, true).applyTo(panel);
    GridDataFactory.fillDefaults().grab(true, true).applyTo(natTable);
    gridLayer.registerCommandHandler(new DisplayPersistenceDialogCommandHandler(natTable));
    DisplayColumnChooserCommandHandler columnChooserCommandHandler = new DisplayColumnChooserCommandHandler(selectionLayer, columnHideShowLayer, columnHeaderLayer, columnHeaderDataLayer, null, null);
    gridLayer.registerCommandHandler(columnChooserCommandHandler);
    return panel;
}

Example 5 with DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider

use of org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.grid.data.DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider in project nebula.widgets.nattable by eclipse.

the class _602_GlazedListsSortingExample method createExampleControl.

@Override
public Control createExampleControl(Composite parent) {
    // property names of the Person class
    String[] propertyNames = { "firstName", "lastName", "gender", "married", "birthday" };
    // mapping from property to label, needed for column header labels
    Map<String, String> propertyToLabelMap = new HashMap<>();
    propertyToLabelMap.put("firstName", "Firstname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("lastName", "Lastname");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("gender", "Gender");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("married", "Married");
    propertyToLabelMap.put("birthday", "Birthday");
    // build the body layer stack
    // Usually you would create a new layer stack by extending
    // AbstractIndexLayerTransform and setting the ViewportLayer as
    // underlying layer. But in this case using the ViewportLayer
    // directly as body layer is also working.
    EventList<Person> persons = GlazedLists.eventList(PersonService.getPersons(10));
    SortedList<Person> sortedList = new SortedList<>(persons, null);
    IColumnPropertyAccessor<Person> accessor = new ReflectiveColumnPropertyAccessor<>(propertyNames);
    IDataProvider bodyDataProvider = new ListDataProvider<>(sortedList, accessor);
    DataLayer bodyDataLayer = new DataLayer(bodyDataProvider);
    GlazedListsEventLayer<Person> eventLayer = new GlazedListsEventLayer<>(bodyDataLayer, sortedList);
    ColumnReorderLayer columnReorderLayer = new ColumnReorderLayer(eventLayer);
    ColumnHideShowLayer columnHideShowLayer = new ColumnHideShowLayer(columnReorderLayer);
    SelectionLayer selectionLayer = new SelectionLayer(columnHideShowLayer);
    ViewportLayer viewportLayer = new ViewportLayer(selectionLayer);
    // build the column header layer
    IDataProvider columnHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataProvider(propertyNames, propertyToLabelMap);
    DataLayer columnHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultColumnHeaderDataLayer(columnHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer columnHeaderLayer = new ColumnHeaderLayer(columnHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // add default column labels to the label stack
    // need to be done on the column header data layer, otherwise the label
    // stack does not contain the necessary labels at the time the
    // comparator is searched
    columnHeaderDataLayer.setConfigLabelAccumulator(new ColumnLabelAccumulator());
    ConfigRegistry configRegistry = new ConfigRegistry();
    // add the SortHeaderLayer to the column header layer stack
    // as we use GlazedLists, we use the GlazedListsSortModel which
    // delegates the sorting to the SortedList
    final SortHeaderLayer<Person> sortHeaderLayer = new SortHeaderLayer<>(columnHeaderLayer, new GlazedListsSortModel<>(sortedList, accessor, configRegistry, columnHeaderDataLayer));
    // build the row header layer
    IDataProvider rowHeaderDataProvider = new DefaultRowHeaderDataProvider(bodyDataProvider);
    DataLayer rowHeaderDataLayer = new DefaultRowHeaderDataLayer(rowHeaderDataProvider);
    ILayer rowHeaderLayer = new RowHeaderLayer(rowHeaderDataLayer, viewportLayer, selectionLayer);
    // build the corner layer
    IDataProvider cornerDataProvider = new DefaultCornerDataProvider(columnHeaderDataProvider, rowHeaderDataProvider);
    DataLayer cornerDataLayer = new DataLayer(cornerDataProvider);
    ILayer cornerLayer = new CornerLayer(cornerDataLayer, rowHeaderLayer, sortHeaderLayer);
    // build the grid layer
    GridLayer gridLayer = new GridLayer(viewportLayer, sortHeaderLayer, rowHeaderLayer, cornerLayer);
    // turn the auto configuration off as we want to add our header menu
    // configuration
    NatTable natTable = new NatTable(parent, gridLayer, false);
    natTable.setConfigRegistry(configRegistry);
    // as the autoconfiguration of the NatTable is turned off, we have to
    // add the DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration manually
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DefaultNatTableStyleConfiguration());
    // override the default sort configuration and change the mouse bindings
    // to sort on a single click
    natTable.addConfiguration(new SingleClickSortConfiguration());
    natTable.addConfiguration(new DebugMenuConfiguration(natTable));
    // add some custom sort configurations regarding comparators
    natTable.addConfiguration(new AbstractRegistryConfiguration() {

        @Override
        public void configureRegistry(IConfigRegistry configRegistry) {
            // Register custom comparator for last name column
            // when sorting via last name, Simpson will always win
            configRegistry.registerConfigAttribute(SortConfigAttributes.SORT_COMPARATOR, new Comparator<String>() {

                @Override
                public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
                    // check the sort order
                    boolean sortDesc = sortHeaderLayer.getSortModel().getSortDirection(1).equals(SortDirectionEnum.DESC);
                    if ("Simpson".equals(o1) && !"Simpson".equals(o2)) {
                        return sortDesc ? 1 : -1;
                    } else if (!"Simpson".equals(o1) && "Simpson".equals(o2)) {
                        return sortDesc ? -1 : 1;
                    }
                    return o1.compareToIgnoreCase(o2);
                }
            }, DisplayMode.NORMAL, ColumnLabelAccumulator.COLUMN_LABEL_PREFIX + 1);
            // Register null comparator to disable sorting for gender column
            configRegistry.registerConfigAttribute(SortConfigAttributes.SORT_COMPARATOR, new NullComparator(), DisplayMode.NORMAL, ColumnLabelAccumulator.COLUMN_LABEL_PREFIX + 2);
        }
    });
    natTable.configure();
    return natTable;
}