Databinder Example

<zk>
  <window id="win" title="Testing..." border="normal" apply="test.TestController">
    <vlayout>
      <listbox id="list" model="@{customers}">
        <listhead>
          <listheader label="First" />
          <listheader label="Second" />
          <listheader label="Check" />
        </listhead>
        <listitem self="@{each=item}" value="@{item}" >
          <listcell label="@{item.firstName}" />
          <listcell label="@{item.lastName}" />
          <listcell label="@{item.married}" />
        </listitem>
      </listbox>
      <separator bar="true" />
      <grid id="grid" width="300px">
        <rows>
          <row>
            <label>First:</label>
            <textbox id="first" value="@{fixed.firstName}" />
          </row>
          <row>
            <label>Second:</label>
            <textbox id="Second" value="@{fixed.lastName}" />
          </row>
          <row>
            <checkbox id="married" label="Married" disabled="true" checked="@{fixed.married}" />
          </row>
        </rows>
      </grid>
    </vlayout>
  </window>
</zk>

package test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.util.GenericForwardComposer;
import org.zkoss.zkplus.databind.AnnotateDataBinder;
import org.zkoss.zkplus.databind.Binding;
import org.zkoss.zul.Listbox;

public class TestController extends GenericForwardComposer
{
  private List               customers = new ArrayList();
  private Person             fixed;
  private AnnotateDataBinder binder;
  private Listbox            list;

  public TestController( )
  {}

  @Override
  public void doAfterCompose( Component win ) throws Exception
  {
    super.doAfterCompose(win);
    // create binder
    binder = new AnnotateDataBinder(win);

    // create data for listbox
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
      boolean married = false;
      java.util.Random rn = new java.util.Random();
      int r = rn.nextInt(10);
      if (r > 5)
        married = true;

      customers.add(new Person(randomstring(4, 6), randomstring(4, 6), married));
    }
    // create a person
    fixed = new Person();

    // bind the data
    binder.bindBean("customers", customers);
    binder.bindBean("fixed", fixed);
    binder.loadAll();
  }

  public void onSelect$list( Event event )
  {
    Person selected = (Person)list.getSelectedItem().getValue();

    fixed.setFirstName(selected.getFirstName());
    fixed.setLastName(selected.getLastName());
    fixed.setMarried(selected.isMarried());

    loadBeans("fixed");
  }

  public void loadBeans( String... beans )
  {
    Collection allBindings = binder.getAllBindings();
    List<Component> comps = new ArrayList<Component>();
    for (Object o : allBindings)
    {
      Binding b = (Binding)o;
      for (String bean : beans)
      {
        if (b.getExpression().startsWith(bean + ".") || b.getExpression().equals(bean))
        {
          comps.add(b.getComponent());
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    for (Component c : comps)
    {
      binder.loadComponent(c);
    }
  }

  public static String randomstring( int lo, int hi )
  {
    int n = rand(lo, hi);
    byte b[] = new byte;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
      b<i > = (byte)rand('a', 'z');
    return new String(b, 0);
  }

  private static int rand( int lo, int hi )
  {
    java.util.Random rn = new java.util.Random();
    int n = hi - lo + 1;
    int i = rn.nextInt(n);
    if (i < 0)
      i = -i;
    return lo + i;
  }
}

package test;

public class Person
{
  private String  firstName = "";
  private String  lastName  = "";
  private boolean married   = true;

  public Person( )
  {

  }

  public Person( String firstName, String lastName, boolean married )
  {
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
    this.married = married;
  }

  public boolean isMarried( )
  {
    return married;
  }

  public void setMarried( boolean married )
  {
    this.married = married;
  }

  public String getFirstName( )
  {
    return firstName;
  }

  public void setFirstName( String firstName )
  {
    this.firstName = firstName;
  }

  public void setLastName( String lastName )
  {
    this.lastName = lastName;
  }

  public String getLastName( )
  {
    return lastName;
  }

  // getter and setters

  public void setFullName( String f )
  {
  // do nothing
  }

  public String getFullName( )
  {
    return firstName + " " + lastName;
  }
}