@Override
        public boolean equals(final Object o) {
            if (this == o) {
                return true;
            }
            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
                return false;
            }
            final Column<?, ?> column = (Column<?, ?>) o;
            return name.equals(column.name) &&
                    columnExtractor.equals(column.columnExtractor) &&
                    columnFormatter.equals(column.columnFormatter) &&
                    alignment == column.alignment;
        }
A column builder for when you need full control over the column style
stroom-util/src/main/java/stroom/util/logging/AsciiTable.java