How to proceed with beans using java.utils.List

[lanouettea]

Hello,

I am quite new at using FXForm to generate JavaFX forms. So far, it looks great and is very friendly to use.

However, I've got an issue with displaying a form generated from a bean. This bean contains a List (not a ListProperty) of objects that I want to be displayed with the TableViewFactory. The List gets wrapped in a JavaBeanObjectPropertyElement, not a PropertyFieldElement, like a ListProperty would.

Is there any way for FXForm to automatically wrap my java.util.List into a JavaFX ListProperty?

[amischler]

FXForm uses JavaBeanProperty to wrap java fields into JavaFX properties. However, there is no JavaBeanListProperty implementation, so i'm not sure that it's possible to wrap a List.

In your case I would recommend to use a ListProperty for this field if possible.

[lanouettea]

I see. As much as I love JavaFX, there is always this kind of problems when attempting to decoupe the application POJO and JavaFX stuff. Wouldn't it be nice if we did not have to use JavaFX properties in our POJOs and leave JavaFX do the work of injecting code for observing tha data....

Anyway, I was wondering if you examined JFXtras BeanPathAdapter. They seem to be able to wrap Pojo's collections to their correct JavaFX Observable collection implementation. Maybe it is worth checking this out?

FXForms looks awesome so far. It's too bad that there is this only limitation in my case, as the code is beautiful, elegant, and it produces great and flexible output.