Section providing information of data binding

If you are aware of data binding then you might know that data binding is core to Xp components. All available data components directly support the data binding. No classes are included and no need to enable anything. These all enabled features are built in by default.

When we talk about the XP components these are powerful feature and rich in data binding architecture. The traditional meaning of data binding is associating some fundamental data with one, two or more user interface elements. Information’s to display are provided by the data. The basic function of user interface element is rendering the information in suitable format.

Xp data architecture expands the customary idea of data binding in various ways. There are possibilities to bind a property of user interface to any object’s property. If you are on XML node then you can bind the attribute of the object.

Data binding can be done in any direction. The best example of this statement is traditional data binding has details in the data source flow to its user interface part. The same way it can flow in the opposite direction as well. It supports the data flow in both directions. This feature supports information flow in each direction. That enables the user input interface via interface element to update data source.

You might know that data binding can be static or dynamic. In case of static binding the information transfer occurs during the initial creation of data binding. Following changes to the values will not affect the value element of user interface. In case of dynamic data binding changes to data in the data source will propagate the User Interface element and it will work opposite condition as well.

Data binding supports the transformation of data as well. It flows in the form of data source and user interface elements.