JAVAFX editable ComboBox: refresh after changing a value - combobox

Question

I'm still new to JavaFX and need to create a combobox with objects (SimlpePerson) and not strings. I want to edit the shown value in the box itself. Works good for strings but I have problems with SimpleObjects. I made a StringConverter and it also works, I can edit the object shown in the comboBox. But the list itself is not rerendered after that. If I click on the ComboBox I see the original values. How can I change that?
Any suggestion is very welcome!=)
BR and Thank you!
Stefan
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.StringConverter;
public class ComboBoxDemo extends Application{
public class SimplePerson {
private StringProperty name;
private String somethingElse;
public SimplePerson(String name) {
setName(name);
}
public final void setName(String value) { nameProperty().set(value); }
public String getName() { return nameProperty().get(); }
public StringProperty nameProperty() {
if (name == null) name = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "name");
return name;
}
}
final ObservableList<SimplePerson> persons = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new SimplePerson("Jacob"),
new SimplePerson("Isabella"),
new SimplePerson("Ethan"),
new SimplePerson("Emma"),
new SimplePerson("Michael")
);
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
final ComboBox cb = new ComboBox();
cb.setItems(persons);
cb.setEditable(true);
cb.setConverter(new StringConverter<SimplePerson>() {
#Override
public String toString(SimplePerson p)
{
if(p != null)
return p.getName();
return "";
}
#Override
public SimplePerson fromString(String name)
{
if(cb.getValue() != null)
{
((SimplePerson)cb.getValue()).setName(name);
cb.show();
return (SimplePerson)cb.getValue();
}
return null;
}
});
stage.setScene(new Scene(cb));
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
}

Answer 1

Check out this solution. There is a handler which is triggered when you've finished editing. There you may implement all the code which changes the model's state.
To update the combobox list the following approach work may:
cb.getEditor().setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
SimplePerson person = cb.getValue();
if (null != person) {
int idx = persons.indexOf(person);
person.setName(cb.getEditor().getText());
persons.set(idx, person);
cb.setValue(person);
}
}
});