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, data-binding is a general technique that binds data sources from the provider and consumer together and synchronizes them. This is usually done with two data/information sources with different languages, as in XML data binding and UI data binding. In UI data binding, data and information objects of the same language, but different logic function are bound together (e.g.,

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UI elements to Java objects). In a data binding process, each data change is reflected automatically by the elements that are bound to the data. The term data binding is also used in cases where an outer representation of data in an element changes, and the underlying data is automatically updated to reflect this change. As an example, a change in a TextBox element could modify the underlying data value.

Data binding frameworks and tools

List of examples of data binding frameworks and tools for different programming languages:

C# .NET

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(WPF) * Blazor *

Windows Forms Windows Forms, also known as WinForms, is a free, open-source graphical user interface (GUI) class library for building Windows desktop applications, included as a part of Microsoft .NET, .NET Framework or Mono, providing a platform to write c ...

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Delphi

* DSharp third-party data binding tool * OpenWire Visual Live Binding—third-party visual data binding tool * LiveBindings

Java

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* JavaFX * Eclipse

JavaScript

Objective-C

* AKABeacon iOS Data Binding framework

Swift

SwiftUI SwiftUI is a declarative framework for building user interfaces for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS and macOS, developed by Apple Inc. for the Swift programming language. Overview SwiftUI is declarative, contrasting with the imperati ...

Scala

* Binding.scala