How does getProperties() method work?

[Greg Brown]

com.sun.javafx.fxml.BeanAdapter can also be used for this. It exposes an object's bean properties via the Map interface.

On Jun 22, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Jeff Martin wrote:

> Something like this should work:
> 
> /**
> * Returns properties for JavaFX object.
> */
> public List <Property> getProperties(Object anObj)
> {
>    // Create list and get class methods
>    List <Property> properties = new ArrayList();
>    Method methods[] = anObj.getClass().getMethods();
> 
>    // Iterate over methods, if method returns property, get it
>    for(Method method : methods) {
>        if(Property.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType()))
>            try { properties.add((Property)method.invoke(anObj, new Object[0])); }
>            catch(Exception e) { System.err.println("Error: " + e); continue; }
>    }
> 
>    // Return properties
>    return properties;
> }
> 
> jeff
> 
> 
> On Jun 22, 2012, at 7:08 AM, goddard at seznam.cz wrote:
> 
>> I see.
>> Is there a way how to query a Node for its set of JavaFX properties then?
>> 
>> Thanks, Jiri
>> 
>> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
>> Od: Eva Krejcirova <eva.krejcirova at oracle.com>
>> Předmět: Re: How does getProperties() method work?
>> Datum: 22.6.2012 14:02:42
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Node.getProperties returns an ObservableMap which you then can use to
>> store any information you want.  It is similar to
>> getUserData/setUserData which actually store the user data in the same map.
>> It has nothing to do with JavaFX properties of a node.
>> 
>> We should probably improve the documentation of this method, the current
>> javadoc doesn't seem to clarify this.
>> 
>> Eva
>> 
>> On 6/22/2012 1:14 PM, goddard at seznam.cz wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I wanted to query a Rectangle for its properties with getProperties() method,
>> but it always returns empty Map (no elements, zero size).
>>> For example, I've got a Rectangle defined like this:
>>> 
>>> Rectangle red = RectangleBuilder.create()
>>>                .x(100).y(100)
>>>                .width(100).height(100)
>>>                .fill(Color.RED)
>>> 
>> //.stroke(Color.BLACK).strokeWidth(3).strokeType(StrokeType.OUTSIDE)
>>>                .rotate(45)
>>>                .build();
>>> 
>>> Regards, Jiri
>> 
>> 
>> 
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