JavaFxPropertyHelper NetBeans Plugin Released

This NetBeans plugin will help to generate get/set methods for JavaFx properties that are contained within a POJO.

The standard get/set code generator creates the following get/set methods for a JavaFx property which is not ideal:

private StringProperty name;

public StringProperty getName() { 
    return name;
}
public void setName( StringProperty name ) {
    this.name = name;
}

This plugin would create the following methods:

public String getName() {
    return name.get();
}

public void setName( String value ) {
    name.set(value);
}

public StringProperty nameProperty() {
    return name;
}

It’s also possible to use variables with the suffix Property in their names which will create the following methods:

private StringProperty nameProperty;
public String getName() {
    return nameProperty.get();
}

public void setName( String value ) {
    nameProperty.set(value);
}

public StringProperty nameProperty() {
    return nameProperty;
}

Usage

Press Alt-Insert to get the “Generate” popup menu, and select “Java FX Getter and Setter…”

Methods for supported property types will automatically be generated.

Supported Property Types

• StringProperty
• BooleanProperty
• DoubleProperty
• FloatProperty
• IntegerProperty
• LongProperty

Unsupported Property Types

• ListProperty
• MapProperty
• ObjectProperty
• SetProperty

The plugin is current available on GitHub at:

https://github.com/rterp/JavaFxPropertyHelperNBPlugin/releases/tag/1.1.1

and will hopefully be available via the general NetBeans Plugin portal by next week.