Chapter 8. Data Binding to Controls
In this chapter, we examine data binding, the ability to associate non-GUI objects that hold and maintain data with the controls that present and receive that data.
Data Binding
Most controls, especially single-item and list-based controls, display and accept data. Most data, when it is not being displayed or modified within a control, is kept in a database. And we're using the term database quite loosely here—loosely enough to include anything from an ArrayList to a SQL Server database. Because the data is kept in a database and because we need to display and modify it through the use of controls, we need a simple, consistent, property-oriented technique for moving data between our database and our controls. ...
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