I have a ComboBox<Person>
, of type Person
, in which I have added few object of Person
class.
I have used setCellFactory(Callback)
method to show Person
name in ComboBox
drop down
combobox.setCellFactory(
new Callback<ListView<Person >, ListCell<Person >>() {
@Override
public ListCell<Person > call(ListView<Person > p) {
ListCell cell = new ListCell<Person >() {
@Override
protected void updateItem(Person item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (empty) {
setText("");
} else {
setText(item.getName());
}
}
};
return cell;
}
});
And, setButtonCell(ListCell)
method to show name in combobox
on selection.
combobox.setButtonCell(
new ListCell<Object>() {
@Override
protected void updateItem(Person t, boolean bln) {
super.updateItem(t, bln);
if (bln) {
setText("");
} else {
setText(t.getName());
}
}
});
This works perfectly good with normal case but when I use editable combobox
then this fails.
When I write , combobox.setEditable(true);
then on item selection the text field (editor) of combobox
shows toString()
method of Person
class.
Normal Case :
Editable Case :
Is there any solution for this?
I have a model class:
public class Person {
String name;
int age;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public int getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(int age) {
this.age = age;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Person{" + "name=" + name + ", age=" + age + '}';
}
}
Here is an answer to my own question which I found best after many efforts and corrections.
mainComboBox.setButtonCell(
new ListCell<Object>() {
@Override
protected void updateItem(Object t, boolean bln) {
super.updateItem(t, bln);
if (bln) {
setText("");
} else {
setText(getStringField(t));
}
}
});
mainComboBox.setConverter(
new StringConverter() {
private Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
@Override
public String toString(Object t) {
if (t != null) {
String str = getStringField(t);
map.put(str, t);
return str;
} else {
return "";
}
}
@Override
public Object fromString(String string) {
if (validate && !map.containsKey(string)) {
mainComboBox.setValue(null);
mainComboBox.getEditor().clear();
return null;
}
return map.get(string);
}
});
mainComboBox.setCellFactory(
new Callback<ListView<Object>, ListCell<Object>>() {
@Override
public ListCell<Object> call(ListView<Object> p) {
ListCell cell = new ListCell<Object>() {
@Override
protected void updateItem(Object item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (empty) {
setText("");
} else {
setText(getStringField(item));
}
}
};return cell;
}
});
And with required function of getStringField(Object)
,
public String getStringField(Object o) {
return ((Pesron) o).getName();
}