The current implementation of CheckBoxTableCell binds the TableColumn's Boolean property to the model's Boolean property, which makes it possible to update the view and the model in both directions.
The problem is that the developer cannot listen for editing events on that column.
For example, if I have a visited column in my table and Person class, I cannot call any code when the visiting state is changed.

I tried implementing my own version of the CheckBoxTableCell, where I can fire an EditCommit event when the CheckBox state is changed, but never got it to work. I always get an NullPointerExcetion inside the TableColumn class, complaining about a TablePosition instance being null. I think it's because the event is never constructed.

Here is my implementation:

    class CheckBoxTableCellEdit<S> extends TableCell<S, Boolean> {
        CheckBox cb;

        public CheckBoxTableCellEdit() {
            getStyleClass().add("check-box-table-cell");
            setContentDisplay(ContentDisplay.GRAPHIC_ONLY);
        }

        @Override
        protected void updateItem(Boolean aBoolean, boolean empty) {
            super.updateItem(aBoolean, false);

            if (empty || aBoolean == null) {
                setGraphic(null);
                setText(null);
            } else {
                if (cb == null) {
                    cb = new CheckBox();
                    cb.selectedProperty().addListener((observableValue, oldValue, newValue) -> {
                        startEdit();
                        commitEdit(newValue);
                    });
                }
                cb.setSelected(aBoolean);
                setGraphic(cb);
            }
        }
    }

Please, tell me how can I workaround this, or update the implementation to fire appropriate events.

Thanks.