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A simple demo of Observable and Observer
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import java.util.Observable;
import java.util.Observer;
/**
* A simple demo of Observable->Observer
*
* @author Ian Darwin
* @version $Id: ObservDemo.java,v 1.3 2003/12/29 19:52:22 ian Exp $
*/
public class ObservDemo extends Object {
MyView view;
MyModel model;
public ObservDemo() {
view = new MyView();
model = new MyModel();
model.addObserver(view);
}
public static void main(String[] av) {
ObservDemo me = new ObservDemo();
me.demo();
}
public void demo() {
model.changeSomething();
}
/** The Observer normally maintains a view on the data */
class MyView implements Observer {
/** For now, we just print the fact that we got notified. */
public void update(Observable obs, Object x) {
System.out.println("update(" + obs + "," + x + ");");
}
}
/** The Observable normally maintains the data */
class MyModel extends Observable {
public void changeSomething() {
// Notify observers of change
setChanged();
notifyObservers();
}
}
}
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