Is there something wrong with Swing's MVC implementation for JList?

Question

Some time ago I asked this question. All solutions are workarounds.

Now this can\'t be. I feel that something is wrong here, but I can\'t tell if it is Swing\'s MVC

Answer 1

I always do like this:

    public class MyDialog extends JDialog {
        private boolean silentGUIChange = false;

    public void updateGUI {
        try {
            silenGUIChange = true;

            // DO GUI-Updates here:
            textField.setText("...");
            checkBox.setSelected (...);

        }
        finally {
            silentGUIChange = false;
        }
    }

    private void addListeners () {
        checkBox.addChangeListener (new ChangeListener () {
           public void stateChanged (ChangeEvent e) {
              if (silentGUIChange)
                 return;

              // update MODEL
              model.setValue(checkBox.isSelected());
          }
         });
    }

}