<Swing Dev> 6179357: Generics: JList: Constructors & Model

[Florian Brunner]

Hi,

I'm working now on the constructor and model-property of JList:

Here the constructors I how I suggest to change them:
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    public JList(final Object[] listData)
    {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel() {
                public int getSize() { return listData.length; }
                public Object getElementAt(int i) { return listData[i]; }
            }
        );
    }

--->

public JList(final E[] listData)
    {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel<E>() {
                public int getSize() { return listData.length; }
                public E getElementAt(int i) { return listData[i]; }
            }
        );
    }
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public JList() {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel() {
              public int getSize() { return 0; }
              public Object getElementAt(int i) { return "No Data Model"; }
            }
        );
    }

--->

    public JList() {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel<E>() {
              public int getSize() { return 0; }
              public E getElementAt(int i) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("No Data Model"); }
            }
        );
    }
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    public JList(final Vector<?> listData) {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel() {
                public int getSize() { return listData.size(); }
                public Object getElementAt(int i) { return listData.elementAt(i); }
            }
        );
    }

--->

    public JList(final Vector<? extends E> listData) {
        this (
            new AbstractListModel<E>() {
                public int getSize() { return listData.size(); }
                public E getElementAt(int i) { return listData.elementAt(i); }
            }
        );
    }


While we could define the signature also like this:
public JList(final Vector<E> listData) 

there is now reason to limit the input - except maybe for consistency (see next constructor)

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public JList(ListModel dataModel)
    {
        if (dataModel == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("dataModel must be non null");
        }

        // Register with the ToolTipManager so that tooltips from the
        // renderer show through.
        ToolTipManager toolTipManager = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance();
        toolTipManager.registerComponent(this);

        layoutOrientation = VERTICAL;

        this.dataModel = dataModel;
        selectionModel = createSelectionModel();
        setAutoscrolls(true);
        setOpaque(true);
        updateUI();
    }

--->

    public JList(ListModel<E> dataModel)
    {
        if (dataModel == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("dataModel must be non null");
        }

        // Register with the ToolTipManager so that tooltips from the
        // renderer show through.
        ToolTipManager toolTipManager = ToolTipManager.sharedInstance();
        toolTipManager.registerComponent(this);

        layoutOrientation = VERTICAL;

        this.dataModel = dataModel;
        selectionModel = createSelectionModel();
        setAutoscrolls(true);
        setOpaque(true);
        updateUI();
    }

We could define the signature also like this:
 public JList(ListModel<? extends E> dataModel)

but then we would have to define the dataModel-field also with:
private ListModel<? extends E> dataModel

as well as the model-property. I don't think this would be a good idea and thus define the signature 
as:
public JList(ListModel<E> dataModel)

What do you think?

-Florian
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