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Thread: Specific sequence for multiple ActionListener(s) on one component

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    Default Specific sequence for multiple ActionListener(s) on one component

    Hello,

    I'm attempting to integrate someone else's (Dave Gilbert) date-picker GUI class into an MVC-based application I'm writing. Dave's class extends JPanel and implements ActionListener. The date picker has several JButtons, each registering the date pcker class as its actionListener.

    I'm embedding his class into a view of my own, and attempting to link the ActionPerformed method from the date picker with my own controller which carries out functionality specific to my application.

    I've created an accessor method so that I can get to the buttons, then added an actionListener (which is my controller) to each button.

    This sorta works, but I find that my controller intercepts the event first before the date picker does. I would like to have the date picker class do it's ActionPerformed method first, then my controller do it's bit.

    package com.ma.dev;
     
    /* 
     * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
     * 
     *
     * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
     * 
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     *
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     * 
     * ---------------------
     * DateChooserPanel.java
     * ---------------------
     * (C) Copyright 2000-2004, by Object Refinery Limited.
     *
     * Original Author:  David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
     * Contributor(s):   -;
     *
     * $Id: DateChooserPanel.java,v 1.11 2007/11/02 17:50:36 taqua Exp $
     *
     * Changes (from 26-Oct-2001)
     * --------------------------
     * 26-Oct-2001 : Changed package to com.jrefinery.ui.* (DG);
     * 08-Dec-2001 : Dropped the getMonths() method (DG);
     * 13-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
     * 02-Nov-2005 : Fixed a bug where the current day-of-the-month is past
     *               the end of the newly selected month when the month or year
     *               combo boxes are changed - see bug id 1344319 (DG);
     *
     */
     
     
    import java.awt.BorderLayout;
    import java.awt.Color;
    import java.awt.Font;
    import java.awt.GridLayout;
    import java.awt.Insets;
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
    import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
    import java.util.Calendar;
    import java.util.Date;
    import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
    import javax.swing.JButton;
    import javax.swing.JComboBox;
    import javax.swing.JLabel;
    import javax.swing.JPanel;
    import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
    import javax.swing.UIManager;
     
    /**
     * A panel that allows the user to select a date.
     *
     * @author David Gilbert
     */
    public class DateChooserPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
     
        /**
    	 * 
    	 */
    	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5138288194915618194L;
     
    	/**
         * The date selected in the panel.
         */
        private Calendar chosenDate;
     
        /**
         * The color for the selected date.
         */
        private Color chosenDateButtonColor;
     
        /**
         * The color for dates in the current month.
         */
        private Color chosenMonthButtonColor;
     
        /**
         * The color for dates that are visible, but not in the current month.
         */
        private Color chosenOtherButtonColor;
     
        /**
         * The first day-of-the-week.
         */
        private int firstDayOfWeek;
     
        /**
         * The range used for selecting years.
         */
        private int yearSelectionRange = 20;
     
        /**
         * The font used to display the date.
         */
        private Font dateFont = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 10);
     
        /**
         * A combo for selecting the month.
         */
        private JComboBox monthSelector;
     
        /**
         * A combo for selecting the year.
         */
        private JComboBox yearSelector;
     
        /**
         * A button for selecting today's date.
         */
        private JButton todayButton;
     
        /**
         * An array of buttons used to display the days-of-the-month.
         */
        private JButton[] buttons;
     
        /**
         * A flag that indicates whether or not we are currently refreshing the 
         * buttons.
         */
        private boolean refreshing = false;
     
        /**
         * The ordered set of all seven days of a week,
         * beginning with the 'firstDayOfWeek'.
         */
        private int[] WEEK_DAYS;
     
        /**
         * Constructs a new date chooser panel, using today's date as the initial 
         * selection.
         */
        public DateChooserPanel() {
            this(Calendar.getInstance(), false);
        }
     
        /**
         * Constructs a new date chooser panel.
         *
         * @param calendar     the calendar controlling the date.
         * @param controlPanel a flag that indicates whether or not the 'today' 
         *                     button should appear on the panel.
         */
        public DateChooserPanel(final Calendar calendar, 
                                final boolean controlPanel) {
     
            super(new BorderLayout());
     
            this.chosenDateButtonColor = UIManager.getColor("textHighlight");
            this.chosenMonthButtonColor = UIManager.getColor("control");
            this.chosenOtherButtonColor = UIManager.getColor("controlShadow");
     
            // the default date is today...
            this.chosenDate = calendar;
            this.firstDayOfWeek = calendar.getFirstDayOfWeek();
            this.WEEK_DAYS = new int[7];
            for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
                this.WEEK_DAYS[i] = ((this.firstDayOfWeek + i - 1) % 7) + 1;
            }
     
            add(constructSelectionPanel(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
            add(getCalendarPanel(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
            if (controlPanel) {
                add(constructControlPanel(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
            }
            setDate(calendar.getTime());
        }
     
        /**
         * Sets the date chosen in the panel.
         *
         * @param theDate the new date.
         */
        public void setDate(final Date theDate) {
     
            this.chosenDate.setTime(theDate);
            this.monthSelector.setSelectedIndex(this.chosenDate.get(
                    Calendar.MONTH));
            refreshYearSelector();
            refreshButtons();
     
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the date selected in the panel.
         *
         * @return the selected date.
         */
        public Date getDate() {
            return this.chosenDate.getTime();
        }
     
        /**
         * Handles action-events from the date panel.
         *
         * @param e information about the event that occurred.
         */
        public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent e) {
     
            if (e.getActionCommand().equals("monthSelectionChanged")) {
                final JComboBox c = (JComboBox) e.getSource();
     
                // In most cases, changing the month will not change the selected
                // day.  But if the selected day is 29, 30 or 31 and the newly
                // selected month doesn't have that many days, we revert to the 
                // last day of the newly selected month...
                int dayOfMonth = this.chosenDate.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
                this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
                this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.MONTH, c.getSelectedIndex());
                int maxDayOfMonth = this.chosenDate.getActualMaximum(
                        Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
                this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, Math.min(dayOfMonth, 
                        maxDayOfMonth));
                refreshButtons();
     
            }
            else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("yearSelectionChanged")) {
                if (!this.refreshing) {
                    final JComboBox c = (JComboBox) e.getSource();
                    final Integer y = (Integer) c.getSelectedItem();
     
                    // in most cases, changing the year will not change the 
                    // selected day.  But if the selected day is Feb 29, and the
                    // newly selected year is not a leap year, we revert to 
                    // Feb 28...
                    int dayOfMonth = this.chosenDate.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
                    this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
                    this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.YEAR, y.intValue());
                    int maxDayOfMonth = this.chosenDate.getActualMaximum(
                        Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
                    this.chosenDate.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, Math.min(dayOfMonth, 
                        maxDayOfMonth));
                    refreshYearSelector();
                    refreshButtons();
                }
            }
            else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("todayButtonClicked")) {
                setDate(new Date());
            }
            else if (e.getActionCommand().equals("dateButtonClicked")) {
                final JButton b = (JButton) e.getSource();
                final int i = Integer.parseInt(b.getName());
                final Calendar cal = getFirstVisibleDate();
                cal.add(Calendar.DATE, i);
                setDate(cal.getTime());
            }
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns a panel of buttons, each button representing a day in the month.
         * This is a sub-component of the DatePanel.
         *
         * @return the panel.
         */
        private JPanel getCalendarPanel() {
     
            final JPanel p = new JPanel(new GridLayout(7, 7));
            final DateFormatSymbols dateFormatSymbols = new DateFormatSymbols();
            final String[] weekDays = dateFormatSymbols.getShortWeekdays();
     
            for (int i = 0; i < this.WEEK_DAYS.length; i++) {
                p.add(new JLabel(weekDays[this.WEEK_DAYS[i]], 
                        SwingConstants.CENTER));
            }
     
            this.buttons = new JButton[42];
            for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++) {
                final JButton b = new JButton("");
                b.setMargin(new Insets(1, 1, 1, 1));
                b.setName(Integer.toString(i));
                b.setFont(this.dateFont);
                b.setFocusPainted(false);
                b.setActionCommand("dateButtonClicked");
                b.addActionListener(this);
                this.buttons[i] = b;
                p.add(b);
            }
            return p;
     
        }
     
        public JButton[] getButtons() {
        	return buttons;
        }
        /**
         * Returns the button color according to the specified date.
         *
         * @param theDate the date.
         * @return the color.
         */
        private Color getButtonColor(final Calendar theDate) {
            if (equalDates(theDate, this.chosenDate)) {
                return this.chosenDateButtonColor;
            }
            else if (theDate.get(Calendar.MONTH) == this.chosenDate.get(
                    Calendar.MONTH)) {
                return this.chosenMonthButtonColor;
            }
            else {
                return this.chosenOtherButtonColor;
            }
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns true if the two dates are equal (time of day is ignored).
         *
         * @param c1 the first date.
         * @param c2 the second date.
         * @return boolean.
         */
        private boolean equalDates(final Calendar c1, final Calendar c2) {
            if ((c1.get(Calendar.DATE) == c2.get(Calendar.DATE))
                && (c1.get(Calendar.MONTH) == c2.get(Calendar.MONTH))
                && (c1.get(Calendar.YEAR) == c2.get(Calendar.YEAR))) {
                return true;
            }
            else {
                return false;
            }
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the first date that is visible in the grid.  This should always 
         * be in the month preceding the month of the selected date.
         *
         * @return the date.
         */
        private Calendar getFirstVisibleDate() {
            final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
            c.set(this.chosenDate.get(Calendar.YEAR), this.chosenDate.get(
                    Calendar.MONTH), 1);
            c.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
            while (c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) != getFirstDayOfWeek()) {
                c.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
            }
            return c;
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the first day of the week (controls the labels in the date 
         * panel).
         *
         * @return the first day of the week.
         */
        private int getFirstDayOfWeek() {
            return this.firstDayOfWeek;
        }
     
        /**
         * Update the button labels and colors to reflect date selection.
         */
        private void refreshButtons() {
            final Calendar c = getFirstVisibleDate();
            for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++) {
                final JButton b = this.buttons[i];
                b.setText(Integer.toString(c.get(Calendar.DATE)));
                b.setBackground(getButtonColor(c));
                c.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
            }
        }
     
        /**
         * Changes the contents of the year selection JComboBox to reflect the 
         * chosen date and the year range.
         */
        private void refreshYearSelector() {
            if (!this.refreshing) {
                this.refreshing = true;
                this.yearSelector.removeAllItems();
                final Integer[] years = getYears(this.chosenDate.get(
                        Calendar.YEAR));
                for (int i = 0; i < years.length; i++) {
                    this.yearSelector.addItem(years[i]);
                }
                this.yearSelector.setSelectedItem(new Integer(this.chosenDate.get(
                        Calendar.YEAR)));
                this.refreshing = false;
            }
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns a vector of years preceding and following the specified year.  
         * The number of years preceding and following is determined by the 
         * yearSelectionRange attribute.
         *
         * @param chosenYear the selected year.
         * @return a vector of years.
         */
        private Integer[] getYears(final int chosenYear) {
            final int size = this.yearSelectionRange * 2 + 1;
            final int start = chosenYear - this.yearSelectionRange;
     
            final Integer[] years = new Integer[size];
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                years[i] = new Integer(i + start);
            }
            return years;
        }
     
        /**
         * Constructs a panel containing two JComboBoxes (for the month and year) 
         * and a button (to reset the date to TODAY).
         *
         * @return the panel.
         */
        private JPanel constructSelectionPanel() {
            final JPanel p = new JPanel();
     
            final int minMonth = this.chosenDate.getMinimum(Calendar.MONTH);
            final int maxMonth = this.chosenDate.getMaximum(Calendar.MONTH);
            final String[] months = new String[maxMonth - minMonth + 1];
            for(int i=0;i<months.length;i++){
              months[i] = ""+i;
            } 
     
     
            this.monthSelector = new JComboBox(months);
            this.monthSelector.addActionListener(this);
            this.monthSelector.setActionCommand("monthSelectionChanged");
            p.add(this.monthSelector);
     
            this.yearSelector = new JComboBox(getYears(0));
            this.yearSelector.addActionListener(this);
            this.yearSelector.setActionCommand("yearSelectionChanged");
            p.add(this.yearSelector);
     
            return p;
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns a panel that appears at the bottom of the calendar panel - 
         * contains a button for selecting today's date.
         *
         * @return the panel.
         */
        private JPanel constructControlPanel() {
     
            final JPanel p = new JPanel();
            p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(2, 5, 2, 5));
            this.todayButton = new JButton("Today");
            this.todayButton.addActionListener(this);
            this.todayButton.setActionCommand("todayButtonClicked");
            p.add(this.todayButton);
            return p;
     
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the color for the currently selected date.
         *
         * @return a color.
         */
        public Color getChosenDateButtonColor() {
            return this.chosenDateButtonColor;
        }
     
        /**
         * Redefines the color for the currently selected date.
         *
         * @param chosenDateButtonColor the new color
         */
        public void setChosenDateButtonColor(final Color chosenDateButtonColor) {
            if (chosenDateButtonColor == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("UIColor must not be null.");
            }
            final Color oldValue = this.chosenDateButtonColor;
            this.chosenDateButtonColor = chosenDateButtonColor;
            refreshButtons();
            firePropertyChange("chosenDateButtonColor", oldValue, 
                    chosenDateButtonColor);
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the color for the buttons representing the current month.
         *
         * @return the color for the current month.
         */
        public Color getChosenMonthButtonColor() {
            return this.chosenMonthButtonColor;
        }
     
        /**
         * Defines the color for the buttons representing the current month.
         *
         * @param chosenMonthButtonColor the color for the current month.
         */
        public void setChosenMonthButtonColor(final Color chosenMonthButtonColor) {
            if (chosenMonthButtonColor == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("UIColor must not be null.");
            }
            final Color oldValue = this.chosenMonthButtonColor;
            this.chosenMonthButtonColor = chosenMonthButtonColor;
            refreshButtons();
            firePropertyChange("chosenMonthButtonColor", oldValue, 
                    chosenMonthButtonColor);
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the color for the buttons representing the other months.
         *
         * @return a color.
         */
        public Color getChosenOtherButtonColor() {
            return this.chosenOtherButtonColor;
        }
     
        /**
         * Redefines the color for the buttons representing the other months.
         *
         * @param chosenOtherButtonColor a color.
         */
        public void setChosenOtherButtonColor(final Color chosenOtherButtonColor) {
            if (chosenOtherButtonColor == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException("UIColor must not be null.");
            }
            final Color oldValue = this.chosenOtherButtonColor;
            this.chosenOtherButtonColor = chosenOtherButtonColor;
            refreshButtons();
            firePropertyChange("chosenOtherButtonColor", oldValue, 
                    chosenOtherButtonColor);
        }
     
        /**
         * Returns the range of years available for selection (defaults to 20).
         * 
         * @return The range.
         */
        public int getYearSelectionRange() {
            return this.yearSelectionRange;
        }
     
        /**
         * Sets the range of years available for selection.
         * 
         * @param yearSelectionRange  the range.
         */
        public void setYearSelectionRange(final int yearSelectionRange) {
            final int oldYearSelectionRange = this.yearSelectionRange;
            this.yearSelectionRange = yearSelectionRange;
            refreshYearSelector();
            firePropertyChange("yearSelectionRange", oldYearSelectionRange, 
                    yearSelectionRange);
        }
    }

    My controller:
    package com.ma.dev.controller;
     
    import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
    import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
    import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
    import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
    import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
    import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
     
    import javax.swing.JButton;
     
    import com.ma.dev.model.ProjectModel;
    import com.ma.dev.view.ProjectView;
     
    public class ProjectController implements ActionListener, ItemListener, KeyListener {
     
    	private ProjectModel model;
    	private ProjectView view;
     
    	public ProjectController(ProjectModel m, ProjectView v) {
    		setModel(m);
    		setView(v);
    		getView().addActionListener(this);
    		getView().getBtnCal().addActionListener(this);
    		JButton[] buttons=getView().getCalendar().getButtons();
    		for(int b=0;b<buttons.length;b++) {
    			buttons[b].addActionListener(this);
    		}
    		clearAllFields();
    	}
     
    	public void clearAllFields() {
    		getModel().setProjectID("");
    		getModel().setProjectTitle("");
    		getModel().setDeveloperName("");
    		getModel().setProjectManager("");
    		getModel().setTaskName("");
    		getModel().setStartDate("");
    		getModel().setNotes(new String());
    		SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
    		String today=df.format(getView().getCalendar().getDate().getTime());
    		getModel().setToday(today);
    		getView().getStartDate().setText(today);
    	}
     
    	public void setAllFields() {
    		getView().getProjectID().setText(getModel().getProjectID());
    		getView().getProjectTitle().setText(getModel().getProjectTitle());
    		getView().getDeveloperName().setText(getModel().getDeveloperName());
    		getView().getNotes().setText(getModel().getNotes());
    		getView().getStartDate().setText(getModel().getStartDate());
    		getView().getTaskName().setText(getModel().getTaskName());
    		getView().getProjectManager().setText(getModel().getProjectManager());
    		getView().getStartDate().setText(getModel().getToday());
    	}
    	public void setModel(ProjectModel model) {
    		this.model = model;
    	}
     
    	public ProjectModel getModel() {
    		return model;
    	}
     
    	public void setView(ProjectView view) {
    		this.view = view;
    	}
     
    	public ProjectView getView() {
    		return view;
    	}
     
    	@Override
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
    		String src=event.getActionCommand();
    		if(src.equals("SHOW_CALENDAR")) {
    			if(getView().getCalendar().isVisible()) {
    				getView().getCalendar().setVisible(false);
    			} else {
    				getView().getCalendar().setVisible(true);
    			}
    		}
    	}
     
    	@Override
    	public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
    	}
     
    	@Override
    	public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
     
    	}
     
    	@Override
    	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
     
    	}
     
    	@Override
    	public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
     
    	}
     
    }

    I'm thinking that the way I'm going about this is not a "best practice", and that what I really need to do is to utilize a message queue or event queue of some sort.
    Last edited by Fender; October 19th, 2010 at 07:16 AM. Reason: additional thoughts


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    Default Re: Specific sequence for multiple ActionListener(s) on one component

    If you want a specific order, you may wish to create an ActionListener class which dispatches the event to other listeners in a particular order. You could do this through a Queue or LinkedList which contains the 'child' listeners. This would then be the only listener registered with the JButton. (Learn something new every day: I would have presumed the listeners fire in the order they are added: however a quick test shows the order is reversed. )

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    Default Re: Specific sequence for multiple ActionListener(s) on one component

    That the listeners fire in the reverse of the order in which they were added is fairly well known, but it is not a documented behavior, just an implementation detail and as such should not be relied on. The same is true of all listeners in Swing (no idea about AWT).

    To enforce an order of your own, you need to first retrieve and retain a reference to the default ActionListener/s using getActionListeners(), then remove them using removeActionListener. Now add your own ActionListener which must iterate over the removed listeners calling each one's actionPerformed and finally perform your custom action. Note that depending on the complexity of interaction, you may still need to wrap the code for your custom action in a SwingUtilities#invokeLater.

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    Default [SOLVED] Re: Specific sequence for multiple ActionListener(s) on one component

    Thank you folks.
    The suggestions and additional info presented here were very useful.

    I ended up doing pretty much what was suggested, which works fine. I may not have implemented it very elegantly, but it does work, and for now that's all I care about. Elegant can happen later.


    In my controller's constructor:
    	public ProjectController(ProjectModel m, ProjectView v) {
    		setModel(m);
    		setView(v);
    		getView().addActionListener(this);
    		getView().getBtnCal().addActionListener(this);
    		JButton[] buttons=getView().getCalendar().getButtons();
    		for(int b=0;b<buttons.length;b++) {
    			ActionListener[] al=buttons[b].getActionListeners();
    			for(int a=0;a<al.length;a++) {
    				ActionListener listener=al[a];
    				buttons[b].removeActionListener(listener);
    			}
    			buttons[b].addActionListener(this);
    		}
    		clearAllFields();
    	}

    Then in the my controller's actionPerformed method, I can invoke the date picker's ActionPerformed method, and follow it up with my controller's duties:
    	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
    		String src=event.getActionCommand();
    		if(src.equals("SHOW_CALENDAR")) {
    			if(getView().getCalendar().isVisible()) {
    				getView().getCalendar().setVisible(false);
    			} else {
    				getView().getCalendar().setVisible(true);
    			}
    		}
    		if(src.equals("dateButtonClicked")) {
    			getView().getCalendar().actionPerformed(event);
                           // do controller-specific stuff here...
     
    		}
    	}

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