Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

Setting up the controller

Back in NetBeans, we need to fix up our controller to reflect the changes we just made in our FXML. In SunagoController, we need to add the entriesListView property as follows:

    @FXML 
    private ListView<SocialMediaItem> entriesListView; 

Notice that the parameterized type is SocialMediaItem. That's a custom model we'll create in just a few moments. Before we tackle that, though, we need to finish wiring together our user interface. We defined three onAction handlers in the FXML. The corresponding code is as follows:

    @FXML 
    public void closeApplication(ActionEvent event) { 
      Platform.exit(); 
    } 

Closing the application is as simple as calling the exit method on the Platform class. Showing the "about" box is also fairly ...