@sbyrne you can use the --view-class argument to set this up

this is if you need a default setting if called with no-args

Revised_Main__.kt

For initializing the views, I think you will want a Task in the onDock() method so that you can can progress and won't lock up the UI thread.

if the init is 100% RAM-based (only object manipulations), you can do a find() on the view objects and pass map params

JavaFX seems like it was designed for either applets or phone apps - single viewport with pure gui-based lifecycle, with little thought for desktop-based business applications.

ummm....

read the part about Stage and Scene

Troll?

Is it possible to launch with a custom Scope?

Or if not, how do I get already created model objects to my controller?

Is this like an IDE where each Stage displays a different project? Or, are the model objects completely different with each Stage?

I need to have multiple windows with completely independent models and lifecycles.

Yeah, kinda like an IDE. If I specify a path to a project on the command line, I open that project. If there is no command line arg, I open a window to select a project from a list or create a new one.

That was the original goal for the Scopes feature. When I worked as a Microsoft Foundation Classes developer, this was called Multiple Document Interface or MDI. Each invocation is a complete mini-program and Scopes let you wire up the object graph dependencies as though there were just a single program being run at a time.

Additional Windows will be brought up with File > Open?

Exactly.

When you do a find() to locate one of these new Views, you'll pass in a Scope() object. I can post a little code later

i've also done this with a central executive program that handles the launching (and update checking)

Once I have one open, I'm okay creating new scopes and launching new windows.

but not with TornadoFX

What I'm struggling with is how to handle creating the first scope without doing stupid things like putting things in static maps and passing keys through as javafx unmamed params.

Same View class, Same Model class, Different Instances

I can post a little more later, but this is the gist.

I have a solution. It is really dumb. It involves static maps and a View that immediately opens a new window and closes itself. I'll simplify it and post it and see if anybody wants to suggest something better.

static as in Java static or just not changing

java static.

are you going to kotlin-ify it with a companion object or use JvmStatic directives?

It is a kotlin

object

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