Re: imcompatible type when converting a List to array
On Jun 20, 6:50 am, Lew <con...@lewscanon.com.invalid> wrote:
[...]
Now FileUtils need know nothing about how its results will be displayed.
Otherwise, what if you decide you don't like Swing any more, or want to p=
ort
to JSF or GWT? You would have to rewrite FileUtils. Yecch.
Have FileUtils deal only with List<Guest>. ListModel is the canonical
differential gear between model and view.
ListModel listModel = new GuestListModel( FileUtil.getGuests() );
Now we have clean separation and decoupled communication between model an=
d view.
pardon, but I'm stuck in the details regarding GUI. How would this be
updated?
guestList.setModel(FileUtil.getGuests() /* kludge which returns a
DefaultListModel */); //guestList is a JList
If I'm going to do that, then I would also want to make ListModel a
singleton along the lines of:
public class GuestListModel extends DefaultListModel
{
private static final GuestListModel INSTANCE = new DataList();
private List<Guest> guests; // = FileUtil.getGuests();
private GuestListModel()
{
guests = FileUtil.getGuests();
}
public static GuestListModel getInstance()
{return INSTANCE;}
}
thanks,
Thufir
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