Performing data binding in Swing is pain in the ass. Some time ago I lost couple of hours to make it eventually working. Let’s take a closer look what you need to do to bind your data to view. Not any database just POJO with some field. Maybe there is a better way? I know Java FX offers some cool features on that area but I haven’t tested it yet. Ok, here we go:

Requirements

• No external libraries – just plain Swing.
• Netbeans 7.4 IDE.
• Simplicity.

Overview

• Model class is extremally simple:
  
• Two Swing forms: MainView (with a TextField) & SubForm View (with a Label):
• The entry point App.java where views and dummy data are created.
• The whole project strucutre:

Binding

What I want to achieve is to bind instance of the Person class to the textField on the MainView and to the label on the SubForm. One common…