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Java Build a JavaFX Application Build a Pomodoro App Properties and Bindings

Posted by <noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

questions about the video

in order to change the text of the timer we have to bind the text of the label in this way:

 <Label fx:id="time" text="${controller.timerText}"/>

is it like catching the DOM in js? that is the trick we use to keep track of the timer text?

another question i have is when and why we need to assign the type StringProperty to mTimerText, why not use a reguler String?

another question is i dont fully understand the syntax here:

   setTimerText(String.format("%02d:%02d", minutes,seconds));

how the formatting is working? what %02d is doing?, what i understand is that the first placeholder is for minutes and the other for seconds.

i will highly appreiciate any help.. Steven Parker Tonnie Fanadez Steve Hunter Seth Kroger

2 Answers

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points
<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

Jason Anders

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by "catching the DOM" but the code shown acts as an interpolated string, where the braces following the dollar sign indicate that the code between them should be evaluated and the entire thing replaced by the result of that evaluation.

And you are right that there are two separate placeholders, one for minutes and one for seconds. The code "%02d" means "display a decimal number that takes up two digits, and add a leading 0 if needed (to make it two digits long)."