Creates the node used for the body part of each cell.

In this default implementation the body consists of a grid pane with three columns. The middle column is used for showing the title of calendar entries. This column will get whatever space is left after the icon and the time column have used what they need. This means that a very long title will automatically be truncated.

Returns:Node

the body node

Creates a node used to display an icon for the entry. The default implementation of this method creates a node of type Circle. The color of the circle will match the color of the calendar to which the entry belongs.

	  Circle circle = new Circle(4);
	  circle.getStyleClass().add(entry.getCalendar().getStyle() + "-icon");

Parameters

entry:Entry<?>

the entry for which the icon will be displayed

Returns:Node

a node for displaying a graphic for the entry

Creates the label used to display the time of the entry. The default implementation of this method creates a label and sets the text returned by getTimeText(Entry).

Parameters

entry:Entry<?>

the entry for which the time will be displayed

Returns:Label

a label for displaying the time information on the entry

Creates the label used to display the title of the entry. The default implementation of this method creates a label and sets the text found in Entry#getTitle().

Parameters

entry:Entry<?>

the entry for which the title will be displayed

Returns:Label

a label for displaying the title of the entry

Creates the header part for each cell. The header consists of a border pane with the weekday label in the "left" position and the date label in the "right" position.

Returns:Node

the header node

Creates a nicely formatted text that contains the start and end time of the given entry. The text can also be something like "full day" if the entry is a full-day entry.

Parameters

entry:Entry<?>

the entry for which the text will be created

Returns:String

a text showing the start and end times of the entry

Overrides javafx.scene.control.Cell.updateItem.

Doc from javafx.scene.control.Cell.updateItem.

The updateItem method should not be called by developers, but it is the best method for developers to override to allow for them to customise the visuals of the cell. To clarify, developers should never call this method in their code (they should leave it up to the UI control, such as the javafx.scene.control.ListView control) to call this method. However, the purpose of having the updateItem method is so that developers, when specifying custom cell factories (again, like the ListView cell factory), the updateItem method can be overridden to allow for complete customisation of the cell.

It is very important that subclasses of Cell override the updateItem method properly, as failure to do so will lead to issues such as blank cells or cells with unexpected content appearing within them. Here is an example of how to properly override the updateItem method:

protected void updateItem(T item, boolean empty) {
    super.updateItem(item, empty);

    if (empty || item == null) {
        setText(null);
        setGraphic(null);
    } else {
        setText(item.toString());
    }
}

Note in this code sample two important points:

1. We call the super.updateItem(T, boolean) method. If this is not done, the item and empty properties are not correctly set, and you are likely to end up with graphical issues.
2. We test for the empty condition, and if true, we set the text and graphic properties to null. If we do not do this, it is almost guaranteed that end users will see graphical artifacts in cells unexpectedly.

Parameters

item:AgendaView.AgendaEntry

The new item for the cell.

empty:boolean

whether or not this cell represents data from the list. If it is empty, then it does not represent any domain data, but is a cell being used to render an "empty" row.

Annotations

@Override