Classes seem to be too restrictive

[Nir Lisker]

Hi,

it is imposible to write an own ResizePolicy for tables


Is TableView#setColumnResizePolicy not good enough?

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https://openjfx.io/javadoc/11/javafx.controls/javafx/scene/control/TableView.html#setColumnResizePolicy(javafx.util.Callback)

- Nir

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:32 AM Thimo von Rauchhaupt <
Thimo.von.Rauchhaupt at empic.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As a feedback, I'd like to post my experience in upgrading our software
> from java 8 (Oracle JDK) to java 11 ( OpenJDK / OpenJFX).
> Many classes where moved from private packages to javafx packages, but
> there are still some classes, which are too restrictive.
> Either they are in some private packages or they have package-protected
> access on important methods / fields.
>
> For instance :
>
> *         it is imposible to write an own ResizePolicy for tables, as the
> method TableColumn.doSetWidth() is package-private. I do see the fear that
> someone would use this method falsely, but IMHO protected would be a better
> variant to gain access for overridden classes.
>
> *         we needed to call updateDisplayNode() / updateDisplayArea() in
> ComboBoxPopupControl because we developed some special skins.
>
> *         you cannot access the behavior, nor is it impossible to override
> them property ass
>
> To implement some features, we had to write own helper classes in javafx
> packages, to gain accessibility to the package private methods. This is not
> the perfect way, but as long as we do not use the module support we can
> have package-splits.
>
> Best regards
> Thimo
>
>
>
>
>
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