Cool. I hoped that'd be the case, excellent to know so.
Thanks for your time and the prompt answer!
Cheers
Dan
On Sep 16, 11:13 pm, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@marinacci.org> wrote:
> JavaFX can call any Java apis, so if you can do it in Java you can do
> it in JavaFX. Yes, you can create any GUI widgets at runtime. The code
> below creates a column of rows, where each row has a label with the
> name of the field and a text box to edit the value. I've ignored the
> Java reflection code required, but I assume you can already do that
> part.
>
> - j
>
> class PojoField {
> var name:String;
> var value:String;
> var ref:Object;
>
> }
>
> class PojoInspector {
> public function getFields(cls:Class):PojoField[] {
> // some code which inspects the class and returns a sequence
> of
> PojoField objects
> }
>
> }
>
> var ins = PojoInspector{};
>
> VBox {
> content: for(field in ins.getFields(pogo.getClass())) {
> HBox { content: [
> Label { text: field.name }
> TextBox { text: field.value action: function() {
> //some reflection code to call the setter on
> field.ref
> }}
> ] }
> }
>
> }
>
> On Sep 16, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Dan Haywood wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sure... that was a rather vague question (and I think I probably
> > abused the term 'metaprogramming' horribly).
>
> > Anyhoo, my project builds a metamodel from the pojo domain model
> > (equivalent to a Hibernate .hbm model), and then we use this to
> > programmatically create widgets on the UI corresponding to the
> > properties, collections and public operations exposed by the pojo.
>
> > I think my question really is: is there to write something like:
>
> > for(Field field: pojo.getClass().getFields()) {
> > JavaFXWidgetThingy widget = new JavaFXWidgetThingy(); //
> > simplified: would actually want to create a widget of the correct sort
> > based on the field type
>
> > ... wire up listeners and bindings on the widget for the field of
> > the pojo ...
>
> > addToForm( widget );
> > }
>
> > The fact that the loop is driven from a metamodel is I suppose
> > irrelevant to the question.
>
> > Am I off base? does this make sense as a question?
>
> > Thx!
> > Dan
>
> > --------
>
> > On Sep 16, 10:52 pm, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@marinacci.org> wrote:
> >> can you define what you mean by 'metaprogramming' in this context?
> >> On Sep 16, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Dan Haywood wrote:
>
> >>> Hi all, first post!
>
> >>> Since we have knowledgeable people responding on another thread
> >>> about
> >>> JavaFX, I have another question, namely, is there any way to do
> >>> metaprogramming in JavaFX. I currently work on an open source
> >>> framework (below) that builds a generic OO UI from a metamodel,
> >>> built
> >>> up programmatically.
>
> >>> I'm thinking that JavaFX is an obvious technology for a new UI, but
> >>> what I need to know is ... does JavaFX provide similar programmatic
> >>> APIs for assembling the layout?
>
> >>> Thx
> >>> Dan
> >>>http://danhaywood.com
> >>> "Domain Driven Design using Naked
> >>> Objects",http://pragprog.com/titles/dhnako
>
>
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