exigow / autoform

Generate JavaFX model dialogs automatically from annotated classes

Automatic model dialog JavaFX utility

1. Annotate your value object class like below:

   @Autoform(title = "Register your car")
   public class Car {
   
     @AutoformField(label = "Model name:")
     public String name;
   
     @AutoformField(label = "Date of production:")
     public LocalDate productionDate;
   
     @AutoformField(label = "Car price:")
     public BigDecimal price;
   
     @AutoformField(label = "Is insured?", wrapper = BooleanWrapper.class)
     public Boolean isInsured;
   
   }

2. Execute this:

   AutoformInstancer.createDialog(car, c -> System.out.println("Recieved " + c));

3. And see this:

   ![window screenshot] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/exigow/autoform/master/screenshots/presentation.png)

Note, that lambda described in #2 will fire after completion. Fields have been completed for presentation purposes. It is possible to initialize window with predefined data, as shown in [example] (https://github.com/exigow/autoform/blob/master/test/autoform/example/Example.java).

Customization

Utility has done implementations wrappers for common types (Boolean, String, LocalDate, BigDecimal, etc.). It is possible to provide an implementation of your own wrapper that implements the [FieldWrapper] (https://github.com/exigow/autoform/blob/master/src/autoform/wrappers/FieldWrapper.java) interface. Indicate wrapper class in the annotation, like below:

@AutoformField(label = "Is insured?", wrapper = CustomBooleanWrapper.class)
public String isInsured;

If the wrapper is not indicated, it will be selected automatically from field type (see [WrapperFactory] (https://github.com/exigow/autoform/blob/master/src/autoform/wrappers/WrapperFactory.java) impl). Unrecognized type throws an exception (at runtime).

TODO

• Annotation #name or #title param should be optional. In case of lack, field labels should be humanized automatically (with customizable strategy pattern (huh?)), eg. carProductionDate will output "Car production date:".