In this scenario, what columns are you trying to display in your table, and
what class would you be using for your row data?
On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Gerrick Bivins wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have another question about data binding. Let's say I have a java Bean
> which contains some other Beans as it properties.
> For example( not the exact code but I tried to simplify for this example):
>
> //base Bean
> class MyBaseBean
> {
> //custom class that contains some base functionality for handling
> change/veto events of beans
> // but not listed here to try and simplify the example
> }
>
> class A<T extends Number> extends BaseBean{
> T getProperty();
> void setProperty(T property) throws VetoException;
> String getPropertyName();
> void setPropertyName(String name) throws VetoException;
> }
>
> class B extends MyBean
> {
> A propb1;
> A propb2;
> ...
> A getPropb1(){...};
> void setPropb1(A pb1) throws VetoException{...};
>
> A getPropb2(){...};
> void setPropb2(A pb2) throws VetoException{...};
> ...
> }
> and some other similar Beans
> ...
> class C extends MyBaseBean
> {
> A propc1;
> A propc2;
> ...
> A getPropc1(){...};
> void setPropc1(A pc1) throws VetoException{...};
>
> A getPropc2(){...};
> void setPropc2(A pc2) throws VetoException{...};
> ...
> }
>
> What I'm trying to do is display the data of class C and B in a table
> without having to write a separate table for each. Seems like I should be
> able to accomplish this
> since to display classes C and B I just need to drill down to each of their
> properties of type "class A" and pluck the data off each property for the
> row.
> In Flex (sorry for the reference but it's the world I'm coming from), I could
> define a callback function that gave access to the bound object and the
> row,column index of
> the table, which allowed me to get at the appropriate data for the cell.
>
> I tried looking through some of the binding tutorials and most of them
> described how to use what I call the "dot notation" to set up the bindings,
> which works if I want to create a separate table for each class (C and B).
> I can't claim to fully understand the *BindMapping functionality in Pivot yet
> so maybe I'm missing something there.
> Thanks for any pointers/help here. Hopefully my question is clear enough.
> Gerrick
>
