de.saxsys.mvvmfx

Annotation Type Initialize

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface Initialize

This annotation is used to mark a method in a ViewModel to be called after all mvvmFX injections are finished. It's possible to use this annotation on multiple methods in the ViewModel and all these methods will be invoked. However, you may not depend on any invocation order.
This approach can be combined with the default naming convention of JavaFX. By this convention a method with the signature public initialize() will be invoked after initialization is finished.
While the naming convention approach only works with a "public" method, this Initialize annotation can also be used on "private"/"protected"/default scope methods. Example:

 public class SomeViewModel implements ViewModel {

         // mvvmFx injections
         @InjectScope
         private SomeScope someScope;
         ...

         @Initialize
         private void init() {
             someScope.subscribe(...);
             ...
         }
 }
 

Author:

Gleb Koval, Manuel Mauky