java - JavaFX bind a controller variable to a component property -

say have controller with

@fxml private observablelist<string> mystrings = fxcollections.observablearraylist(); 

is possible write fxml wire listview mystrings items?

my first try was:

<listview>     <items fx:id="mystrings"/> </listview> 

but complains fx:id not valid in position. tried

<listview items="${controller.mystrings}"/> 

...but couldn't resolve value.

please not post solution:

<listview fx:id="mystringslistview"/>  // in controller @fxml private listview<string> mystringslistview; @fxml public void initialize() {     mystringslistview.setitems(mystrings); } 

this doing amount of indirection , boilerplate here hurts me.

the following works

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <?import javafx.scene.layout.borderpane?> <?import javafx.scene.control.listview?>  <borderpane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="listviewcontroller">     <center>         <listview items="${controller.mystrings}" />     </center> </borderpane> 

with following controller (the main difference, think, being either didn't define accessor method list, or named incorrectly):

import javafx.collections.fxcollections; import javafx.collections.observablelist;  public class listviewcontroller {      private final observablelist<string> mystrings = fxcollections.observablearraylist();      public listviewcontroller() {         mystrings.addall("one", "two", "three");     }      public observablelist<string> getmystrings() {         return mystrings ;     } } 

this quick test:

import javafx.application.application; import javafx.fxml.fxmlloader; import javafx.scene.scene; import javafx.stage.stage;  public class listviewitemsfromcontrollertest extends application {      @override     public void start(stage primarystage) throws exception{         primarystage.setscene(new scene(fxmlloader.load(getclass().getresource("listviewitemsfromcontroller.fxml"))));         primarystage.show();     }      public static void main(string[] args) {         launch(args);     } } 

produces