RT-25559 Allow event handlers to come from the namespace

[Danno Ferrin]

+1, when other non-event attributes use $ they look in the namspace via the
KeyPath (for expressions), which is either populated by hand or from other
declared objects.  Keeps a constant expectation.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:21 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've always wanted the ability to have any bean in the scope and be able
> to arbitrarily reference properties and methods on it as needed, ideally
> using the $ syntax for everything.
>
> Eg
>
> <Button text="$myModel.someValue" onAction="$myPresenter.doSomething">
>
> Where I add myModel and myPresenter to the FXMLLoader scope via something
> like set("myModel", new MyModel()), etc.
>
> This would stop the hard "controller" concept and allow developers to use
> whatever pattern they like (eg bind directly to a model, etc).
>
> There's some issues on tool support for this (ie the tools don't know the
> type of myModel) but there are plenty of options around this - discussed
> previously but I can find them if there's any interest.
>
>
>
> On 24/01/2013, at 7:32 PM, Tom Schindl <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > # is not good because it means for tools to look at the attached
> > controller so you'll overload the meaning of # and tools can't e.g.
> > shown an error when there's not such method on the controller.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Am 24.01.13 09:24, schrieb Milan Kubec:
> >> Hello,
> >> mentioned issue suggests to search also FXMLLoader namespace for event
> >> handlers. That's good idea but the open question is how to prefix the
> >> name of the event handler - either with # as event handler method or
> >> with $ as reference to Namespace, both are correct in some sense.
> >>
> >> The fxml code would look like this (no controller is defined):
> >>
> >> <?import javafx.fxml.Widget?>
> >>
> >> <Widget onNameChange="#manualAction"/>
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> <Widget onNameChange="$manualAction"/>
> >>
> >> For reference: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-25559
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>  Milan
> >>
> >
> >
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