ResultsTable questions

Posted by Michael Doube on Jun 03, 2009; 5:52pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ResultsTable-questions-tp3692278.html

Hi all

I am writing a method that will collate results into the same row of a
result table when running different plugins on the same image, so each
image will get 1 row with results from different plugins in the cells.

1. Is there a value other than 0 that represents an empty cell? At the
moment, if no value is entered for a cell when another cell in the same
row is updated, 0 is shown in the table.  This is not the same as 'no
data' - null seems more appropriate.

2. I can create a new results table and call it "Measurements" like this:
ResultsTable rt = new ResultsTable();
rt.show("Measurements");
But how do I check whether the "Measurements" table already exists, and
write to it instead of overwriting it with a new instance each time?
This is trivial if I use the system Results table,
ResultsTable rt = ResultsTable.getResultsTable();
but I want to leave the "Results" table free for other stuff and have a
dedicated table for my plugins' results.

Cheers

Mike