FXML, Presentation Model & bi-directional binding

[Philipp Dörfler]

The only thing you have to do is to write a controller and put
myTextBox.textProperty().bindBidirectional(dataModel.textProperty()); into
the initialize method. It's way less convenient than it could and should be
but at least that gets you bidirectional binding. For a working example
featuring a calculator that can add 4 bits done with bidirectional binding
properties only (+ some FXML) please have a look at
https://bitbucket.org/phdoerfler/talks/src/09f00ea55cbddc2acca94c240593f9071169706c/JavaFX%20-%20Lessons%20Learned/src/main/java/demo/calc/?at=defaultwhere
you can find both the code and the talk (in the downloads tab) of a
talk of mine where I compared FX to the presentation model of WPF. The
slides might be worth looking at because they summarize my findings in
surprising FXML binding syntax that are scattered in this mailing list
somewhere.

Hope this helps!
Am 20.01.2014 21:55 schrieb "Martin Sladecek" <martin.sladecek at oracle.com>:

> Related JIRA issue: https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-17646
>
> Uni-directional binding is possible using ${path.to.property} syntax (see
> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/fxml/doc-files/
> introduction_to_fxml.html#expression_binding)
>
> -Martin
>
> On 01/20/2014 08:42 PM, Richard Bair wrote:
>
>> Sadly, still not possible :-(. Though I still think it's a great way to
>> go!
>>
>>  On Jan 20, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Christian Schudt <christian.schudt at gmx.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi together,
>>>
>>> I just (re-)read Richard's excellent article
>>> http://fxexperience.com/2011/10/fxml-why-it-rocks-and-the-next-phase/
>>>
>>> He talks about "the next phase" in FXML being the Presentation Model and
>>> the use of bidirectional binding in FXML.
>>>
>>> I really like to make use of it because I think it's "the way to go" and
>>> better than MVC pattern. (I've worked with PM pattern in Flex/MXML and it
>>> was really comfortable.)
>>>
>>> Now this article is 2.5 years old and I wonder, what's the current state
>>> of "the next phase", i.e. bi-directional binding in FXML or at least
>>> uni-directional binding.
>>>
>>> I just tried the proposed syntax out and it doesn't work with Java 8, so
>>> I assume it's still not possible!?
>>>
>>> Thanks for answer,
>>> Best regard,
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>
>>>
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