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Strongly typed databinding? [message #534092]

Tue, 18 May 2010 01:23

Ken

Messages: 36
Registered: July 2009

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Is there a way to have more strongly typed databinding? Right now I have
something like using the eclipse.core.databinding package:

PojoObservables.observeValue(this.personModel, "name");

But if the name attribute (getName method) changes to firstName
(getFirstName) for example, I would not know until runtime that there is an
error.

My model is a JAXB created one.

- Ken

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Re: Strongly typed databinding? [message #534116 is a reply to message #534092]

Tue, 18 May 2010 07:01

Thomas Schindl

Messages: 6651
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

No because Java doesn't have a concept of Properties. There are 2
solutions coming to my mind:

a) you create property constants when your model is generated from JAXB
(not sure if JAXB supports this) so you'd write something like this:
----------8<----------
PojoObservables.observeValue(this.personModel, Person.NAME);
----------8<----------
Which would lead to a compiler error if you regenerate.

b) you use EMF instead of JAXB because EMF generates such property
constants

Tom

Am 18.05.10 03:23, schrieb Ken Prole:
> Is there a way to have more strongly typed databinding? Right now I have
> something like using the eclipse.core.databinding package:
>
> PojoObservables.observeValue(this.personModel, "name");
>
> But if the name attribute (getName method) changes to firstName
> (getFirstName) for example, I would not know until runtime that there is
> an error.
>
> My model is a JAXB created one.
>
> - Ken
>

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Re: Strongly typed databinding? [message #534702 is a reply to message #534116]

Thu, 20 May 2010 03:52

Ken

Messages: 36
Registered: July 2009

Member

Tom, thanks that make sense. Thanks for your pointers.

- Ken

"Tom Schindl" <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at> wrote in message
news:hste1g$p0m$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> No because Java doesn't have a concept of Properties. There are 2
> solutions coming to my mind:
>
> a) you create property constants when your model is generated from JAXB
> (not sure if JAXB supports this) so you'd write something like this:
> ----------8<----------
> PojoObservables.observeValue(this.personModel, Person.NAME);
> ----------8<----------
> Which would lead to a compiler error if you regenerate.
>
> b) you use EMF instead of JAXB because EMF generates such property
> constants
>
> Tom
>
> Am 18.05.10 03:23, schrieb Ken Prole:
>> Is there a way to have more strongly typed databinding? Right now I have
>> something like using the eclipse.core.databinding package:
>>
>> PojoObservables.observeValue(this.personModel, "name");
>>
>> But if the name attribute (getName method) changes to firstName
>> (getFirstName) for example, I would not know until runtime that there is
>> an error.
>>
>> My model is a JAXB created one.
>>
>> - Ken
>>
>

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