Prefill ListView in an application with FXML - javafx

Question

I have JavaFX application using FXML to build its GUI.
When this application is launched, I need to have ListView, which has some values loaded, for example, from database. So, how can I do this?
I know how to make application, which loads items to ListView after user clicks a button, or something like this ("onAction" attribute in FXML). But this does not suites me as I need items to be loaded automaticaly to the ListView.

Answer 1

This fills my choicebox with the five predetermined baud rates. I assume if you try to add items from your controller, the list only shows those values (untested).
<ChoiceBox fx:id="baudRates" layoutX="234.0" layoutY="72.0">
<items>
<FXCollections fx:factory="observableArrayList">
<String fx:value="4800" />
<String fx:value="9600" />
<String fx:value="19200" />
<String fx:value="57600" />
<String fx:value="115200" />
</FXCollections>
</items>
</ChoiceBox>
You also need to include the following import statement in your FXML:
<?import javafx.collections.*?>

Answer 2

If you have fxml with Controller, like next:
<AnchorPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml" fx:controller="test.Sample">
<children>
<ListView fx:id="listView"/>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
you can just implement Initializable in your Controller:
public class Sample implements Initializable {
#FXML
private ListView listView;
#Override
public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
// change next line to DB load
List<String> values = Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three");
listView.setItems(FXCollections.observableList(values));
}
}