From ea73ab687b86579fa34cecff28e13aa0b7b198ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harkamal Randhawa <harkamalsr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:41:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] auto-refresh product list

---
 .../controllers/ProductController.java            | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/controllers/ProductController.java b/desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/controllers/ProductController.java
index 07b94d0a..31f4164c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/controllers/ProductController.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/controllers/ProductController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.example.petshopdesktop.controllers;
 
+import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;
+import javafx.animation.Timeline;
 import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.geometry.Pos;
 import javafx.scene.Scene;
+import javafx.util.Duration;
 import javafx.scene.control.*;
 import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
 import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
@@ -78,8 +81,9 @@ public class ProductController {
     private TextField txtSearch;
 
     //data declaration
-    private ObservableList<ProductDTO> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(); //empty
+    private ObservableList<ProductDTO> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
     private String mode = null;
+    private Timeline refreshTimer;
 
     /**
      * Set up the table view for products and display it when starting up
@@ -130,6 +134,15 @@ public class ProductController {
             }
         });
 
+        refreshTimer = new Timeline(new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(30), e -> applyFilters()));
+        refreshTimer.setCycleCount(Timeline.INDEFINITE);
+        refreshTimer.play();
+        tvProducts.sceneProperty().addListener((obs, oldScene, newScene) -> {
+            if (newScene == null && refreshTimer != null) {
+                refreshTimer.stop();
+            }
+        });
+
     }
 
     /**