Add convenience overloading for setColumn (#12093)8.12.0.alpha2

Fixes: https://github.com/vaadin/framework/issues/7773

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java b/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
index bba799690d..eb90328725 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/vaadin/ui/Grid.java
@@ -4020,6 +4020,28 @@ public class Grid<T> extends AbstractListing<T> implements HasComponents,
                 .forEach(this::removeColumn);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the columns and their order based on their column ids provided that
+     * collection supports preserving of the order. Columns currently in this
+     * grid that are not present in the collection of column ids are removed.
+     * This includes any column that has no id. Similarly, any new column in
+     * columns will be added to this grid. New columns can only be added for a
+     * <code>Grid</code> created using {@link Grid#Grid(Class)} or
+     * {@link #withPropertySet(PropertySet)}.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param columnIds
+     *            the column ids to set
+     *
+     * @see Column#setId(String)
+     * @see #setColumns(String...)
+     */
+    public void setColumns(Collection<String> columnIds) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(columnIds, "columnIds can't be null");
+        String[] columns = columnIds.toArray(new String[columnIds.size()]);
+        setColumns(columns);
+    }
+
     private String getGeneratedIdentifier() {
         String columnId = "" + counter;
         counter++;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/server/component/grid/GridTest.java b/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/server/component/grid/GridTest.java
index 6f1a227a1c..5320959967 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/server/component/grid/GridTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/com/vaadin/tests/server/component/grid/GridTest.java
@@ -571,6 +571,25 @@ public class GridTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    public void setColumns_addColumns_v2_beangrid() {
+        Grid<Person> grid = new Grid<>(Person.class);
+
+        // Remove so we can add it back
+        grid.removeColumn("name");
+
+        List<String> columnIds = new ArrayList<>();
+        columnIds.add("born");
+        columnIds.add("name");
+
+        grid.setColumns(columnIds);
+
+        List<Column<Person, ?>> columns = grid.getColumns();
+        assertEquals(2, columns.size());
+        assertEquals("born", columns.get(0).getId());
+        assertEquals("name", columns.get(1).getId());
+    }    
+
+    @Test
     public void setColumnOrder_byColumn() {
         grid.setColumnOrder(randomColumn, lengthColumn);