[Feature] List Support

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It should be easy to create nested components.

For example: A task-list has tasks in it
You create a TaskListView and bind it to the Array of Tasks, Then you create a TaskView which should be bound to an element of the List

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Event driven idea

Creating a wrapper class that catches add and remove operation on a list and binds such events to the regarding UI equivalents

Code in mind Usage:

ReactiveList<Task> todoList = ReactiveList.create(new ArrayList<>());
TodoListView view = new TodoListView();
view.setData(todoList);

UI:

ReactiveListModel<Task> listModel = new ReactiveListModel();`
JList<Task> taskList = new JList(listModel.swing());

Binding:

listModel.bind(binder);

ReactiveList would be an interface extending Reactable and List

Non swing usage

GenericPanel panel = . . . ;
ReactiveListModel<Task> listModel = new ReactiveListModel(panel::addEntry,panel::removeEntry);

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Rework

I am myself not satisfied with the way list support was done. Working on a redesign at the branch list-rework.

Drop your ideas what to change and how to make the system better

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Dedicated Components

Creating lists is now even easier!

Extending from the ReactiveListView class gives you a simple way for list support by just implementing the methods addElementAt createElement and removeElement!

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Examples

The branch list-rework contains working list examples as of the 685ba94afa7b7c8f6864f681cbbbfbac50b97541 commit

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Support Expansion

Branch list-rework now contains support for "basic lists" (for example with just strings in it) fd2c3f36e0f76bab8c15d879620f7562f037ec6b

Example

Found in src\test\java\com\niton\reactj\examples\simplelist\StringListApp.java

ReactiveList<String> someArray = ReactiveList.create(new ArrayList<>());

JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setLayout(new GridLayout());

SwingListView view = new SwingListView<>(JLabel::new); view.setList(someArray);

frame.add(view.getView()); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true);

someArray.add("Can you see me?");

This is *fully runnable* :)

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Pre release

2.2.2 is now available as pre-release

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Release

27 (v3.0.0) contains the release of the rework

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Reopen

Due to #37 parts of the list system will be rewritten. It might just be a technical change but maybe it affects usage too

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Update

The changes to the list system are sever, therefore usage will be affected.

After the next release the list system should perform better, be way more flexible and userfriendly

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Done

List support is implemented as of v4.0.0b7. There are no MVC components implemented yet, but hence they do not belong to list support this feature is completed.

List MVC components will be part of the core-mvc rework