JavaFX Event Bus Recommendations

[Mark Fortner]

Hi John,
I had the same problem trying to connect to Greg's project.  I've used the
SimpleEventBus (another google code project) before on a Swing project:
http://code.google.com/p/simpleeventbus/ but not in JavaFX.

Cheers,

Mark




On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, John Smith <John_Smith at symantec.com>wrote:

> There are a couple of forum threads on Event Buses you could read to see
> what other people have done around this:
> https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=10548299
> https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=10590312
>
> One of them includes a link to a simple JavaFX implementation which Greg
> Brown created http://code.google.com/p/sjmb/  (unfortunately the link
> doesn't work for me as I am not authorized to view it).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:
> openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Mark Fortner
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:31 AM
> To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: JavaFX Event Bus Recommendations
>
> In my current application we're using the standard point2point eventing
> that comes with JavaFX.  To create support for a new type of event we:
>
>    - Create an EventType class.
>    - Create an Event class
>    - Create an Event Listener interface for it.
>    - Add a mixin that makes it easier to add/remove/notify listeners.
>
>
> Since there are several developers on the list who make heavy use of the
> Spring framework, I was wondering if anyone had tried using the Spring
> Eventing framework
> http://blog.yohanliyanage.com/2012/09/eventing-with-spring-framework/ as
>  more scaleable approach to adding support for new events?  Or if there
> were any other Event Bus frameworks that the community could recommend for
> use with JavaFX?
>
> Also, are there any plans to more directly support an Event Bus in JavaFX?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>