private class AliasListCellFactory implements
    Callback<ListView<DXSynonym>, ListCell<DXSynonym>> {

@Override
public ListCell<DXSynonym> call(ListView<DXSynonym> p) {
    return new ListCell<DXSynonym>() {

    @Override
    protected void updateItem(DXSynonym item, boolean empty) {
        super.updateItem(item, empty);

        if (item != null) {
            DXSynonym dx = (DXSynonym) lsvAlias.getUserData();

            if (dx != null && dx == item) {
                this.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: crimson;");
            } else { this.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: black;"); }

            this.setText(item.getDxName());

        } else { this.setText(Census.FORMAT_TEXT_NULL); }
    }};
}

// Handler for Button[fx:id="btnAliasDefault"] onAction
    @FXML
    void handleAliasDefault(ActionEvent event) {

        int sel = lsvAlias.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex();
        if (sel >= 0 && sel < lsvAlias.getItems().size()) {
            lsvAlias.setUserData(lsvAlias.getItems().get(sel));
        }
    }

public void refresh() {
    super.flow.recreateCells();
}

MySkin<Subscription> skin = new MySkin<>(this.listView); // Injected by FXML
this.listView.setSkin(skin);
...
((MySkin) listView.getSkin()).refresh(); // This is how you use it

public class Custom {
    StringProperty name = new SimpleStringProperty();
    IntegerProperty id = new SimpleIntegerProperty();

    public static Callback<Custom, Observable[]> extractor() {
        return new Callback<Custom, Observable[]>() {
            @Override
            public Observable[] call(Custom param) {
                return new Observable[]{param.id, param.name};
            }
        };
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return String.format("%s: %s", name.get(), id.get());
    }
}

ListView<Custom> myListView;
//...init the ListView appropriately
ObservableList<Custom> items = FXCollections.observableArrayList(Custom.extractor());
myListView.setItems(items);
Custom item = new Custom();
items.add(item);
item.name.set("Mickey Mouse");
// ^ Should update your ListView!!!

@FXML
void handleAliasDefault(ActionEvent event) {

    int sel = lsvAlias.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex();
    if (sel >= 0 && sel < lsvAlias.getItems().size()) {
        lsvAlias.setUserData(lsvAlias.getItems().get(sel));
        this.<DXSynonym>forceListRefreshOn(lsvAlias);
    }
}

private <T> void forceListRefreshOn(ListView<T> lsv) {
    ObservableList<T> items = lsv.<T>getItems();
    lsv.<T>setItems(null);
    lsv.<T>setItems(items);
}

ListView<T> list;
list.refresh();