Beans and lists in template model

New features

• Support for beans in template model

    public interface FormModel extends TemplateModel {
        public void setPerson(Person person);
        public Person getPerson();
    }

• Getter for a bean returns a proxy object which is connected to the model (setters update the model values)
• Setter for a bean copies the bean values into the model
• Low level model API for handling beans in the model:

void TemplateModel.importBean(Object bean)
void TemplateModel.importBean(Object bean, Predicate<String> propertyNameFilter)
T TemplateModel.getProxy(String modelPath, Class<T> beanType)

• Support for setting lists of beans in the model

public interface EmployeesModel extends TemplateModel {
    public void setEmployees(List<Employee> employees);
}

• Support for setting attributes on template elements from Java
• Support for binding to attributes in templates using [attr.placeholder]="modelPart"
• Shorthand for setting boolean attributes: Element.setAttribute(String, boolean)
• Shorthand for clearing an Input value: Input.clear()
• All builds are automatically scalability tested using Gatling

Fixes

• Use of the @Id annotation has been clarified in some tutorials

Demos

• Initial version of an Address book demo Java HTML

Tutorials

• Using Beans with a Template Model
• Including Templates in Templates
• Creating Template Contents Dynamically Based on a List of Items (Using a list in a template model)

All changes