Controls with Values [was Possible additions to JavaFX to facilitate forms and validations]

[Knut Arne Vedaa]

On 06.12.2011 18:02, Richard Bair wrote:
> Oh, you probably gave the idea to me sub-consciously :-)

Great minds think alike. :)

>  From a naming perspective, the idea that TextField would implement property seems wrong, although the idea of binding a TextField to something directly seems great (we had similar API in SwingLabs back in the day for a set of data-aware components I was experimenting with). It takes thinking of a Control a little differently -- in addition to being a thing with a bunch of state, it is also, fundamentally, used for displaying and editing a value. It still wouldn't be what we would call a "Property" in the meaning of the word, but the Property interface does express the API that could be useful in this context.

What about a new interface Bindable (or BindableValue) that has the 
methods that Property has now (all the binding methods):

interface Bindable<T> extends ObservableValue<T>, WritableValue<T>

interface Property<T> extends ReadOnlyProperty<T>, Bindable<T>

abstract class ValueControl<T> extends Control implements Bindable<T>



Knut Arne