I'm using the eclipse databinding with beans and an SWT java application. I successfully binded several textfields and checkboxes with my model. Now I have three radio buttons:
GUI:
...
Model model = new Model();
...
Button btnAllUsers = new Button(grpExport, SWT.RADIO);
Button btnBatchUsersOnly = new Button(grpExport, SWT.RADIO);
Button btnCurrentBatchOnly = new Button(grpExport, SWT.RADIO);
...
// here comes the big question mark... :(
IObservableValue swtObsBtnAllUsers = SWTObservables.observeSelection(btnAllUsers);
IObservableValue beanObsUserFilter = BeansObservables.observeValue(model, "userFilter");
bindingContext.bindValue(swtObsBtnAllUsers, beanObsUserFilter);
...
Model:
public class Model {
public enum UserFilter {
ALL_USERS, BATCH_USERS_ONLY, CURRENT_BATCH_ONLY
}
private PropertyChangeSupport propertyChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
private UserFilter userFilter;
public void addPropertyChangeListener(...) {...}
public void removePropertyChangeListener(...) {...}
}
Now I want to bind the three radio buttons to the property userFilter
. The conversion logic should be something like this:
GUI to model conversion:
if (btnAllUsers != null && btnBatchUsersOnly != null && btnCurrentBatchOnly != null) {
if (btnAllUsers.getSelection()) {
model.userFilter = UserFilter.ALL_USERS;
} else if (btnBatchUsersOnly.getSelection()) {
model.userFilter = UserFilter.BATCH_USERS_ONLY;
} else {
model.userFilter = UserFilter.CURRENT_BATCH_ONLY;
}
}
Model to GUI conversion:
if (btnAllUsers != null && btnBatchUsersOnly != null && btnCurrentBatchOnly != null) {
btnAllUsers.setSelection(model.getUserFilter() == UserFilter.ALL_USERS);
btnBatchUsersOnly.setSelection(model.getUserFilter() == UserFilter.BATCH_USERS_ONLY);
btnCurrentBatchOnly.setSelection(model.getUserFilter() == UserFilter.CURRENT_BATCH_ONLY);
}
I read about specific UpdateValueStrategies and conversions but did not really get the start. Can anybody help me with a short example? Thanks in advance!