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Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #51566]

Mon, 14 April 2008 18:55

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tskaufma.gmail.com

Hello,

I am wondering whether any of the various date selecting Nebula widgets
support databinding.

CDateTime, DateChooser(Combo), and others provide nice looking date
selection, but is it possible to use Eclipse Databinding with these widgets?

Thanks,
Trevor

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #51653 is a reply to message #51566]

Tue, 15 April 2008 06:43

Eclipse User

Hi Trevor,

I'm not aware of such a thing. I'd say let's file a bug against those
components. There 2 possibilities to proceed because you'll need
additional dependencies (org.eclipse.core.databinding and
org.eclipse.jface.databinding).

There are 2 possibilities:
a) Create a seperate plugin with the databinding stuff
b) Create a non-mandatory dependency in the MANIFEST.MF

I'd prefer a) but I think nebula-subcomponents have also used b) because
starting the work is much easier because you can simply produce patches
against the current CVS. If you filed a bug please CC and I can help you
with the my databinding knowledge.

Tom

Trevor Kaufman schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am wondering whether any of the various date selecting Nebula widgets
> support databinding.
>
> CDateTime, DateChooser(Combo), and others provide nice looking date
> selection, but is it possible to use Eclipse Databinding with these
> widgets?
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor

--
B e s t S o l u t i o n . at
------------------------------------------------------------ --------
Tom Schindl JFace-Committer
------------------------------------------------------------ --------

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #51715 is a reply to message #51653]

Sat, 19 April 2008 14:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tskaufma.gmail.com

It appears that CDateTime has databinding support.
This bug [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177013] is the
enhancement request.

So I guess the question becomes is there any examples of this? How does it
work?

Trevor Kaufman

"Tom Schindl" <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> wrote in message
news:fu20sl$jpr$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hi Trevor,
>
> I'm not aware of such a thing. I'd say let's file a bug against those
> components. There 2 possibilities to proceed because you'll need
> additional dependencies (org.eclipse.core.databinding and
> org.eclipse.jface.databinding).
>
> There are 2 possibilities:
> a) Create a seperate plugin with the databinding stuff
> b) Create a non-mandatory dependency in the MANIFEST.MF
>
> I'd prefer a) but I think nebula-subcomponents have also used b) because
> starting the work is much easier because you can simply produce patches
> against the current CVS. If you filed a bug please CC and I can help you
> with the my databinding knowledge.
>
> Tom
>
> Trevor Kaufman schrieb:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am wondering whether any of the various date selecting Nebula widgets
>> support databinding.
>>
>> CDateTime, DateChooser(Combo), and others provide nice looking date
>> selection, but is it possible to use Eclipse Databinding with these
>> widgets?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Trevor
>
>
> --
> B e s t S o l u t i o n . at
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------
> Tom Schindl JFace-Committer
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #51864 is a reply to message #51653]

Wed, 23 April 2008 13:01

Eclipse User

Last I heard wasn't Nebula against using JFace dependencies? Just checking,
or I wouldn't mind implementing for CalendarCombo, but I recall when I
submitted the widgets I had to remove all JFace code and rework it to use
pure SWT...

--
Emil Crumhorn
Nebula Committer
http://www.hexapixel.com/

"Tom Schindl" <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> wrote in message
news:fu20sl$jpr$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hi Trevor,
>
> I'm not aware of such a thing. I'd say let's file a bug against those
> components. There 2 possibilities to proceed because you'll need
> additional dependencies (org.eclipse.core.databinding and
> org.eclipse.jface.databinding).
>
> There are 2 possibilities:
> a) Create a seperate plugin with the databinding stuff
> b) Create a non-mandatory dependency in the MANIFEST.MF
>
> I'd prefer a) but I think nebula-subcomponents have also used b) because
> starting the work is much easier because you can simply produce patches
> against the current CVS. If you filed a bug please CC and I can help you
> with the my databinding knowledge.
>
> Tom
>
> Trevor Kaufman schrieb:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am wondering whether any of the various date selecting Nebula widgets
>> support databinding.
>>
>> CDateTime, DateChooser(Combo), and others provide nice looking date
>> selection, but is it possible to use Eclipse Databinding with these
>> widgets?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Trevor
>
>
> --
> B e s t S o l u t i o n . at
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------
> Tom Schindl JFace-Committer
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #51942 is a reply to message #51864]

Wed, 23 April 2008 18:27

Eclipse User

Well the plain widget yes but if nebula provides e.g. Viewers (like Grid
and Gallery do you need to have an at least optional dependency on JFace
and the same would IMHO apply if you want to provide obervables).

Tom

Emil Crumhorn schrieb:
> Last I heard wasn't Nebula against using JFace dependencies? Just checking,
> or I wouldn't mind implementing for CalendarCombo, but I recall when I
> submitted the widgets I had to remove all JFace code and rework it to use
> pure SWT...
>

--
B e s t S o l u t i o n . at
------------------------------------------------------------ --------
Tom Schindl JFace-Committer
------------------------------------------------------------ --------

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #52046 is a reply to message #51715]

Sun, 27 April 2008 18:08

Eclipse User

CDateTime does support DataBinding, and I have been using it this way
for about a year. Simply instantiate a CDateTimeObservableValue for the
target side of the binding and use a java.util.Date type model. There
is also a CDateTimeCellEditor for use with Tables, Trees, or Grids.

FYI, I've been terrible about producing binary builds. The CVS version
has a number of stability and API improvements.

--
Peter

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #52071 is a reply to message #52046]

Sun, 27 April 2008 21:59

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tskaufma.gmail.com

Thank you for the information.

I planned on getting a CVS copy since the widget isn't packaged as a plugin
(at least the last binary download I found).

Trevor

"Peter Centgraf" <peter@centgraf.net> wrote in message
news:fv2tgu$t3k$1@build.eclipse.org...
> CDateTime does support DataBinding, and I have been using it this way for
> about a year. Simply instantiate a CDateTimeObservableValue for the
> target side of the binding and use a java.util.Date type model. There is
> also a CDateTimeCellEditor for use with Tables, Trees, or Grids.
>
> FYI, I've been terrible about producing binary builds. The CVS version
> has a number of stability and API improvements.
>
> --
> Peter

Re: Date selection widgets and DataBinding [message #589338 is a reply to message #51566]

Tue, 15 April 2008 06:43

Eclipse User