API Review: Allow POJOs as root in SelectBinding

[Will Hoover]

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From: openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
[mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of John Hendrikx
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:18 AM
To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: API Review: Allow POJOs as root in SelectBinding

  The possibilities with Bindings like this are endless... I already wrote
my own Bindings style helper class that allows Maps, Lists and public final
Property *fields* as select steps :-)

On 17-9-2012 14:02, Michael Heinrichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on a feature request to allow the usage of POJOs in
SelectBindings (e.g. Bindings.select(myNode, "boundsInLocal", "minX"). As I
also want to allow POJOs as the root of a SelectBinding, I plan to add the
following methods in the class Bindings:
>
> public static<T>  ObjectBinding<T>  select(Object root, String... 
> steps) public static DoubleBinding selectDouble(Object root, String... 
> steps) public static FloatBinding selectFloat(Object root, String... 
> steps) public static IntegerBinding selectInteger(Object root, 
> String... steps) public static LongBinding selectLong(Object root, 
> String... steps) public static BooleanBinding selectBoolean(Object 
> root, String... steps) public static StringBinding selectString(Object 
> root, String... steps)
>
> The current select-methods, that only accept an ObservableValue<?>  for
the root, will be marked as deprecated and should be removed when we do an
incompatible update of the JavaFX API.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael