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Arceus
Arceus

Reputation: 540

How to make JavaFX ListProperty modifiable only through custom methods

I have a private list and I don't want that it can be modified from outside in general. Just adding from outside is allowed and only if the object is valid. Therefore I used to write it like this:

private List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();

public List<Object> getList()
{
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
}

public void addObject(Object object)
{
    if (isObjectValid(object)) //any validation
        list.add(object);
}

Now for JavaFX purposes I turn the list to a property:

private ListProperty<Object> list =
               new SimpleListProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList());

To profit from the benefits of an property like data binding and the ListChangeListener I have to provide the property to the outer world. But then access to all methods of a list is provided, too. (To use a ReadOnlyListProperty has no effect since the list instance itself will never change.) What can I do to achieve all goals:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 306

Answers (1)

James_D
James_D

Reputation: 209704

Not tested, but try:

private ListProperty<Object> list = new SimpleListProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList());

private ReadOnlyListWrapper<Object> publicList = new ReadOnlyListWrapper<>();

and in the constructor:

publicList.bind(Bindings.createObjectBinding(
    () -> FXCollections.unmodifiableObservableList(list.getValue()),
    list));

then your accessor method is

public ReadOnlyListProperty<Object> getList() {
    return publicList.getReadOnlyProperty();
}

Upvotes: 1

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