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Comma separated String to ListProperty

I must write method, which will get my string(showing hours separated with commas), and return ListProperty of Strings. In my constructor I have 

this.showingHour = new SimpleListProperty<String>();

I wanted to use method from this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7488676/4750111

List<String> items = Arrays.asList(str.split("\\s*,\\s*"));

But it will create ArrayList. Is there function like this, but for ListProperty?

Solution

  • You can do

        ListProperty<String> list = new SimpleListProperty<(
        FXCollections.observableArrayList(str.split("\\s*,\\s*")));

    As an aside, do you really need a ListProperty? I've never found a use for it; I find just using a regular ObservableList and registering listeners with it is enough. The arguments to SimpleListProperty above, i.e.

    FXCollections.observableArrayList(str.split("\\s*,\\s*"))

    gives you an observable list with the elements you need.