update my garden from VBox to ListView

src/main/java/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MyGardenController.java

@@ -13,16 +13,12 @@ import ch.zhaw.gartenverwaltung.types.Plant;
 import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
 import javafx.event.EventHandler;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
-import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
+import javafx.scene.control.*;
-import javafx.scene.control.Button;
-import javafx.scene.control.ButtonType;
-import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.image.Image;
 import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
 import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
 import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
-import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
 import javafx.stage.Modality;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
@@ -43,9 +39,9 @@ public class MyGardenController {
     @FXML
     public AnchorPane myGardenRoot;
     @FXML
-    private VBox myPlants_vbox;
-    @FXML
     private Button addPlant_button;
+    @FXML
+    private ListView<Crop> myGarden_listView;
 
     /**
      * initialize crop list
@@ -55,19 +51,10 @@ public class MyGardenController {
     @AfterInject
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     public void init() {
-        garden.getPlantedCrops().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
+        System.out.println("once");
-            try {
-                createPlantView(newValue);
-            } catch (HardinessZoneNotSetException | IOException e) {
-                LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not update view of croplist!", e);
-            }
-        });
-        try {
-            createPlantView(garden.getPlantedCrops());
-        } catch (HardinessZoneNotSetException | IOException e) {
-            LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not update view of croplist!", e);
-        }
         setIconToButton(addPlant_button, "addIcon.png");
+        myGarden_listView.itemsProperty().bind(garden.getPlantedCrops());
+        setCellFactory();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -78,15 +65,38 @@ public class MyGardenController {
         myGardenRoot.fireEvent(new ChangeViewEvent(ChangeViewEvent.CHANGE_MAIN_VIEW, "Plants.fxml"));
     }
 
-    private void createPlantView(List<Crop> crops) throws HardinessZoneNotSetException, IOException {
+    /**
-        myPlants_vbox.getChildren().clear();
+     * set cell factory to load {@link HBox} as list view content
-        for (Crop crop : crops) {
+     */
-            HBox hBox = createPlantView(crop);
+    private void setCellFactory() {
-            myPlants_vbox.getChildren().add(hBox);
+        myGarden_listView.setCellFactory(param -> new ListCell<>() {
+            @Override
+            protected void updateItem(Crop crop, boolean empty) {
+                super.updateItem(crop, empty);
+
+                if (empty || crop == null) {
+                    setText(null);
+                    setGraphic(null);
+                } else {
+                    try {
+                        setText("");
+                        setGraphic(createHBoxForListView(crop));
+                    } catch (HardinessZoneNotSetException | IOException e) {
+                        LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not get plant for Cell", e);
                     }
                 }
+            }
+        });
+    }
 
-    private HBox createPlantView(Crop crop) throws HardinessZoneNotSetException, IOException {
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns HBox of the crop
+     * @param crop {@link Crop} which is selected
+     * @return {@link HBox} of the {@link Crop}
+     * @throws HardinessZoneNotSetException exception
+     * @throws IOException exception
+     */
+    private HBox createHBoxForListView(Crop crop) throws HardinessZoneNotSetException, IOException {
         //ToDo add better design
         Plant plant = plantList.getPlantById(Settings.getInstance().getCurrentHardinessZone(), crop.getPlantId()).get();
         HBox hBox = new HBox(10);
@@ -103,8 +113,8 @@ public class MyGardenController {
         label.setMaxWidth(2000);
         HBox.setHgrow(label, Priority.ALWAYS);
 
-        Button details = new Button("");
+        Button details = new Button();
-        Button delete = new Button("");
+        Button delete = new Button();
         setIconToButton(details, "detailsIcon.png");
         setIconToButton(delete, "deleteIcon.png");
         details.setOnAction(getGoToCropDetailEvent(crop));

src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MyGarden.fxml

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 <?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.ListView?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
 
-<AnchorPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="655.0" prefWidth="1175.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="ch.zhaw.gartenverwaltung.MyGardenController" fx:id="myGardenRoot">
+<AnchorPane fx:id="myGardenRoot" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="655.0" prefWidth="1175.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="ch.zhaw.gartenverwaltung.MyGardenController">
    <children>
       <VBox layoutY="49.0" prefHeight="655.0" prefWidth="1175.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
          <children>
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
                   <Insets bottom="10.0" />
                </VBox.margin>
             </Label>
-            <VBox fx:id="myPlants_vbox" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
+            <ListView fx:id="myGarden_listView" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
             <Button fx:id="addPlant_button" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#addPlant" prefHeight="45.0" prefWidth="155.0" text="Add new Plant">
                <VBox.margin>
                   <Insets top="10.0" />