[REVIEW REQUEST] Add userData property and properties map to TableColumn class

[Jonathan Giles]

Yes, I agree, I would like to add userData/properties to both Tab and 
TableColumn, if approval comes through.

-- Jonathan

On Tuesday, 24 April 2012 7:50:00 a.m., Tom Schindl wrote:
> Just to say the same is true for Tab maybe you can fix it with the
> TableColumn?
>
> Tom
>
> Am 23.04.12 21:47, schrieb Jonathan Giles:
>> I've had no feedback on this tweak. I assume that is because it is a
>> no-brainer. I am now seeking a +1 from Richard. As with the last email,
>> I will follow normal procedure and give 24 hours notice for this, and
>> will otherwise assume approval by neglect :-)
>>
>> -- Jonathan
>>
>>
>> On 18/04/2012 12:15 p.m., Jonathan Giles wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> A simple API addition request for your pondering today:
>>>
>>> http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-20956
>>>
>>> This RFE asks for the userData property to be added to TableColumn.
>>> userData is a property on Node, and in fact is just a shortcut to
>>> setting a property in the Node.properties map. Therefore, I would like
>>> to expose both userData and the properties map on TableColumn. I can
>>> see the value in adding this in, and there is a patch attached to the
>>> Jira issue above that adds this in.
>>>
>>> This API has already been added to another 'non-control' (i.e. a class
>>> in the controls package that doesn't extend from Control, and thus
>>> Node) - the MenuItem class has both the userData property and the
>>> properties map. It could be argued that this should be against all
>>> controls that do not extend Control (including TableColumn, Tab, and
>>> the MenuItem classes from memory), but for now I'm taking it on a
>>> case-by-case base. I'm totally happen to be asked to add this API to
>>> Tab as well, if people want, as it is now the only outlier.
>>>
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