griffon javafx-groovy and fxml? - groovy

Question

I tried the samples given in github griffon-master, also I tried the samples of the guide.
I would like to use javafx and groovy.
I would like to use fxml - thought of a scenario as that: fxml to set the stage, and for changes, use the groovy (set adjustment)
It seems that is not possible. I can use ("make it run"): javafx-java, read an fxml (with loadFromFXML), and the bindings are working. If using javafx-groovy, I can read an fxml, but with the javafx-class Loader (load), and bindings are not working (or it seems so).
Is it not possible at this moment, to use javafx-groovy and read-in fxml (via loadfromfxml)?

Answer 1

Could you post some sample code? Here's one example that makes use of the fxml node form GroovyFX
package org.example
import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonView
import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
import javafx.scene.control.Tab
import org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.javafx.artifact.AbstractJavaFXGriffonView
#ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonView)
class Tab4View extends AbstractJavaFXGriffonView {
FactoryBuilderSupport builder
SampleController controller
SampleModel model
private AppView parentView
void initUI() {
builder.with {
content = builder.fxml(resource('/org/example/tab4.fxml')) {
inputLabel.text = application.messageSource.getMessage('name.label')
bean(input, text: bind(model.inputProperty()))
bean(output, text: bind(model.outputProperty()))
}
}
connectActions(builder.content, controller)
Tab tab = new Tab('Hybrid')
tab.content = builder.content
parentView.tabPane.tabs.add(tab)
}
}

Answer 2

This can be done. The trick is to make your Controller actions adhere to a stringent set of rules. The tldr is to make sure they return void.
Good:
def void save() {
Bad:
def save() {
The reason is found in the reflective analysis the Griffon framework uses to create its list of action targets. This list is generated in DefaultGriffonControllerClass.getActionNames(), which requires that:
Actions are subject to the following rules in order to be considered as such:
must have public (Java) or default (Groovy) visibility modifier.
name does not match an event handler, i.e, it does not begin with on.
must pass {code GriffonClassUtils.isPlainMethod()} if it's a method.
must have void as return type if it's a method.
value must be a closure (including curried method pointers) if it's a property.
The criteria defined in GriffonClassUtils.isPlainMethod() are as follows:
isInstanceMethod(method)
! isBasicMethod(method)
! isGroovyInjectedMethod(method)
! isThreadingMethod(method)
! isArtifactMethod(method)
! isMvcMethod(method)
! isServiceMethod(method)
! isEventPublisherMethod(method)
! isObservableMethod(method)
! isResourceHandlerMethod(method)
! isGetterMethod(method)
! isSetterMethod(method)
! isContributionMethod(method)
The list of action target names is subsequently used by AbstractActionManager:
#Nullable
private static Method findActionAsMethod(#Nonnull GriffonController controller, #Nonnull String actionName) {
for (Method method : controller.getClass().getMethods()) {
if (actionName.equals(method.getName()) &&
isPublic(method.getModifiers()) &&
!isStatic(method.getModifiers()) &&
method.getReturnType() == Void.TYPE) {
return method;
}
}
return null;
}