Java Integration

Question

To me one of the most appealing aspects of JavaFX is it's integration with Java and being built on the Java Platform.
There is lots of Swing engineers out there and lots of legacy code that can be given a new/modern "skin" using JavaFX - forget this bouncing ball mini-app crap....
But thats were all the focus seems to be as if a "Sun app store" will be the future of JavaFX ...
Its frurstrating as all us in the enterprise seem to be left behind somewhat (no first order FX Table yet - and not even in 1.3 (still listed as post 1.3) so we continue to wait ... while work on bouncing balls continue ;-)
Anyway FX rant over... I am wondering if any work will be done to make working with Java backends a bit simpler ? Specificallly I have a large java backend that needs a new face - it was designed in such a way that the swing layer can be removed and FX added in..
However my API has lots of the following:
List<String> getListBlah()...
i.e. lots of Generics... but FX script does not have any generic support and from what i hear its not planned...
What is the best way to work with say Java6 latest features (Generics etc) in JavaFX (a java5 based scripting platform)
-A-

Answer 1

First, java 5 and java 6 have generics …
JavaFX doesn’t have generics but have sequences.
So, to use a list with generics in Javafx, you must translate it to a javaFX sequence
For example:
Java class
public class MyTestService {
            public List<String> getListString(){
            ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
            list.add("String 1");
            list.add("String 2");
            list.add("String 3");
            return list;
JavaFx class
var myListString:String[];
var myTestService:MyTestService = MyTestService{};
myListString = (myTestService.getListString()).toArray(myListString);
Stage {
    title: "Application title"
    scene: Scene {
        width: 250
        height: 150
        content: [
                ListView {
                    width:100
                    height:125
                    items: bind myListString
}Patrick Champion
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