As with a ListView, a TableView is backed up by ObservableList. But, to maintain the model-view connection, there are additional requirements for that list content:

• List elements should be instances of a class, containing table data
• Each element of the class should have a getter

Let's take a look at an example here of a class representing a chapter in this book:

// chapter10/table/TableViewDemo.java
class Chapter {
    private final String title;
    private final int number;

    public Chapter(int number, String title) {
        this.title = title;
        this.number = number;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    public int getNumber() {
        return number;
    }
}

Using this object, we can create a list to be used later as data for a table:

private final ObservableList<Chapter> listChapters
    = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
        new Chapter(1, "Stages, Scenes and Layout"),
        new Chapter(2, "Building Blocks: Shapes, Text and Controls"),
        new Chapter(3, "Connecting Pieces: Binding"),
// ....