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Added databinding snippets. unmodified java sources.
author Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
date Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:33:55 +0200
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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Brad Reynolds and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Brad Reynolds - initial API and implementation
 *     Matthew Hall - bug 260329
 ******************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.jface.examples.databinding.snippets;

import org.eclipse.core.databinding.DataBindingContext;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.UpdateValueStrategy;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.ObservableTracker;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value.ComputedValue;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value.IObservableValue;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value.WritableValue;
import org.eclipse.jface.databinding.swt.SWTObservables;
import org.eclipse.jface.layout.GridDataFactory;
import org.eclipse.jface.layout.GridLayoutFactory;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

/**
 * Snippet that demostrates a simple use case using ComputedValue to format a
 * name as the user enters first and last name.
 * 
 * @since 3.2
 */
public class Snippet008ComputedValue {
	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		final Display display = new Display();
		Realm.runWithDefault(SWTObservables.getRealm(display), new Runnable() {
			public void run() {
				Shell shell = new Shell(display);
				shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());

				final UI ui = new UI(shell);
				final Data data = new Data();

				// Bind the UI to the Data.
				DataBindingContext dbc = new DataBindingContext();
				dbc.bindValue(SWTObservables.observeText(ui.firstName,
						SWT.Modify), data.firstName);
				dbc.bindValue(SWTObservables.observeText(ui.lastName,
						SWT.Modify), data.lastName);

				// Construct the formatted name observable.
				FormattedName formattedName = new FormattedName(data.firstName,
						data.lastName);

				// Bind the formatted name Text to the formatted name
				// observable.
				dbc.bindValue(SWTObservables.observeText(ui.formattedName,
						SWT.None), formattedName, new UpdateValueStrategy(false, UpdateValueStrategy.POLICY_NEVER), null);

				shell.pack();
				shell.open();
				while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
					if (!display.readAndDispatch())
						display.sleep();
				}
			}
		});
		display.dispose();
	}

	/**
	 * Creates the formatted name on change of the first or last name
	 * observables.
	 * <p>
	 * The key to understanding ComputedValue is understanding that it knows of
	 * the observables that are queried without being told. This is done with
	 * {@link ObservableTracker} voodoo. When calculate() is invoked
	 * <code>ObservableTracker</code> records the observables that are
	 * queried. It then exposes those observables and <code>ComputedValue</code>
	 * can listen to changes in those objects and react accordingly.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @since 3.2
	 */
	static class FormattedName extends ComputedValue {
		private IObservableValue firstName;

		private IObservableValue lastName;

		FormattedName(IObservableValue firstName, IObservableValue lastName) {
			this.firstName = firstName;
			this.lastName = lastName;
		}

		protected Object calculate() {
			String lastName = (String) this.lastName.getValue();
			String firstName = (String) this.firstName.getValue();
			lastName = (lastName != null && lastName.length() > 0) ? lastName
					: "[Last Name]";
			firstName = (firstName != null && firstName.length() > 0) ? firstName
					: "[First Name]";

			StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
			buffer.append(lastName).append(", ").append(firstName);

			return buffer.toString();
		}
	}

	static class Data {
		final WritableValue firstName;

		final WritableValue lastName;

		Data() {
			firstName = new WritableValue("", String.class);
			lastName = new WritableValue("", String.class);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Composite that creates the UI.
	 * 
	 * @since 3.2
	 */
	static class UI extends Composite {
		final Text firstName;

		final Text lastName;

		final Text formattedName;

		UI(Composite parent) {
			super(parent, SWT.NONE);

			GridLayoutFactory.swtDefaults().numColumns(2).applyTo(this);

			new Label(this, SWT.NONE).setText("First Name:");
			new Label(this, SWT.NONE).setText("Last Name");

			GridDataFactory gdf = GridDataFactory.swtDefaults().align(SWT.FILL,
					SWT.FILL).grab(true, false);
			firstName = new Text(this, SWT.BORDER);
			gdf.applyTo(firstName);

			lastName = new Text(this, SWT.BORDER);
			gdf.applyTo(lastName);

			gdf = GridDataFactory.swtDefaults().span(2, 1).grab(true, false)
					.align(SWT.FILL, SWT.BEGINNING);
			Label label = new Label(this, SWT.NONE);
			label.setText("Formatted Name:");
			gdf.applyTo(label);

			formattedName = new Text(this, SWT.BORDER);
			formattedName.setEditable(false);
			gdf.applyTo(formattedName);
		}
	}
}