Using one JavaFX method for multiple Buttons - java

Right now I'm using Eclipse Luna, JavaFX and SceneBuilder. I have ~40 buttons, and I'd like to use a generic "buttonPressed" action method that every button can use. Something like this:
public void buttonPressed(ActionEvent event, Button b) {
b.setText("Pressed");
}
When I change the On Action panel in SceneBuilder however, I get the following Exception when I try to run my program:
javafx.fxml.LoadException: Error resolving onAction='#buttonPressed', either the event handler is not in the Namespace or there is an error in the script.
Is there a step I missed? Or does anyone know of an alternate way to use one method to control the on-click behavior of multiple buttons?
Any help appreciated!

As in your comment, the only signatures allowed for an onAction attribute are either zero arguments, or a single argument which is an ActionEvent.
You can get the source of the event as follows:
#FXML
public void buttonPressed(ActionEvent event) {
Object source = event.getSource();
// ...
}
and of course if you know you only registered the handler on buttons, you can do
#FXML
public void buttonPressed(ActionEvent event) {
Button button = (Button) event.getSource();
// ...
}

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I would prefer a different approach.
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Javafx : Disabling Menu (MenuButton) auto close

I have a MenuButton that contains only CheckMenuItems. My user will usually check several items and if he has to re-open the menu for each one, he will soon throw his mouse through the screen.
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Getting Started: http://wiki.drombler.org/GettingStarted
Blog: http://puces-blog.blogspot.ch/search/label/Drombler
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public void handle(ActionEvent e) {
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});
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How can I get my menu from the Eclipse context?
Without code it's hard to help you.
But the basic idea for your handler is the following :
public class BrokerHandler {
#Inject
// the services you need
#Execute
public void execute(IEclipseContext context, #Named(IServiceConstants.ACTIVE_SHELL) Shell shell)
throws InvocationTargetException, InterruptedException {
// do some stuff
}
}
Then, in your application.e4xmi you need to create a Window>Trimmed Window>Trim Bars>Window Trim>Toolbar>Handled Tool Item wich points to your Commands>Command that is binded to your Handlers>Handler pointing to your java class with a method annotated #Execute as described above.
Then each execution of the #Execute method means the user has pressed the toolbar button.
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You can have a look here: http://xseignard.github.com/demoCamp2012/prez/#1
Hope this helps, but your question is too blurry.

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I would like to use Window Builder and use the MVC paradigm simultaneously. It is very messy with a complex window when Window Builder adds all the code to just one file.
I would like the default file created to be the 'view'.
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For instance, if I create a JButton called "myButton" and then have the code generator create an action for my button, it will create this code:
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myButtonActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
and will allow me to access and write code in the generated method, myButtonActionPerformed:
private void myButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
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}
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}
}
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