e(fx)clipse 1.1 – New features - Generate controller from FXML

Although we have a very feature rich FXML-Editor with a live preview many users are using SceneBuilder to define their UIs. In case you have an FXML you want the possibility to generate a controller who references:

elements marked with fx:id as fields
event handler properties like onAction="#login" as methods

e(fx)clipse 1.1.0 added a first version of a wizard who allows you to generate the controller from it (no merging yet!) Let's assume you have the following FXML-File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>

<BorderPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
	<Button 
		fx:id="loginbutton"
		onAction="#login"></Button>
</BorderPane>

You can bring up the context menu on the editor and inside the Source-Menu you'll find the "Generate Controller"-Action as showing in the screenshot generate-controller It will bring up a dialog like this: generate-controller_2 and if you finish it a java class like this gets generated

package application;

import javafx.fxml.FXML;

import javafx.scene.control.Button;

import javafx.event.ActionEvent;

public class SampleController {
	@FXML
	private Button loginbutton;

	// Event Listener on Button[#loginbutton].onAction
	@FXML
	public void login(ActionEvent event) {
		// TODO Autogenerated
	}
}