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Re: Updating Multiple Vie

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On Feb 9, 6:23 pm, "Daniel Pitts" <googlegrou...@coloraura.com> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 12:41 pm, "Jason Cavett" <jason.cav...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Here's my problem...
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> > I have one Model.
> > I can have multiple views to that model (depending on how the user
> > wants to see the information).
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> > Problem: The user can have multiple views to the same model open at
> > the same time.  If the user changes data in one view (which will
> > update the model), I want it to reflect in the other view(s).  I
> > originally tried this by notifying all observers of the model (which
> > includes the original view that was just edited) and repopulating the
> > fields of the views.  But, when I fire off the notification, I get
> > this exception:
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> > Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0 java.lang.IllegalStateException:
> > Attempt to mutate in notification
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> > ...whenever I edit a TextField or anything else with a
> > DocumentListener.
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> > I sorta understand why this is happening (writeLock() and not being
> > able to modify while I'm notifying) but I am very confused on how to
> > fix it.  Can anybody give any suggestions?
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> First, this is more on-topic at comp.lang.java.gui.
> Second, your views shouldn't modify any part of the model based while
> responding to a change in the model.
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> If you should implement a single model that represents all
> interconnected aspects of your business domain, and have all of your
> components able to read values from the model.
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> Having a model observer modify the model runs the risk of infinit
> recursion or infinit loops.- Hide quoted text -
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> First, this is more on-topic at comp.lang.java.gui.

Okay

> [...]

I think there's some confusion (although, I have figured out a
solution to my problem).

I have a model - and, yes, there's only one.  It extends Observable.
I have views - they implement Observer.  The user can have multiple
views open to the same model.  When the user makes a change to the
view, this triggers the controller which updates the model.  The
model, once updated, fires off a notify to its Observers (all the
views) and the views are then updated.  I used a flag so that a view
cannot be updated more than once in an "edit" (which prevents any
possibility of infinite loops).

I know MVC can be implemented in a few different ways (and nobody
seems to agree on one).  If the way I'm doing it is flat out wrong, it
would be useful to know.  (Or if there is a change I should be making,
I'd appreciate knowing that as well.)

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Updating Multiple Vie "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:30 +0000
  Re: Updating Multiple Vie "Jason Cavett" <jason.cavett@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:30 +0000
    Re: Updating Multiple Vie "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this> - 2011-04-27 15:30 +0000

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