com.jgoodies.binding.binder
Interface BeanBinder

All Superinterfaces:

ObjectBinder

All Known Subinterfaces:

ActionBeanBinder, ActionPresentationModelBinder, PresentationModelBinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanBinderImpl, PresentationModelBinderImpl

public interface BeanBinder
extends ObjectBinder

Describes a binder that adds bindings for bound bean properties to the general object bindings.

Examples:

 BeanBinder binder = BasicBinders.binderFor(aBean);
 binder.bindProperty("artist")   .to(artistField);
 binder.bindProperty("title")    .to(titleField);
 binder.bindProperty("classical").to(classicalBox);
 

Since:

2.3

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

Method Summary

ValueModelBindingBuilder

bindProperty(String propertyName) Looks up a ValueModel for the given (bean) property name.

Methods inherited from interface com.jgoodies.binding.binder.ObjectBinder

bind, bind, bind, bind

Method Detail

bindProperty

ValueModelBindingBuilder bindProperty(String propertyName)

Looks up a ValueModel for the given (bean) property name. Then creates and returns a binding builder that manages a ValueModel that can be operated on and that can be bound to a component.

Examples:
binder.bindProperty("artist") .to(artistField);
binder.bindProperty(PROPERTY_ARTIST).to(artistField);

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the bean property to be converted to a ValueModel

Returns:

the binding builder that holds the converted bean property

Throws:

NullPointerException - if propertyName is null