/**
* Alert the notation subsystem that change has taken place in the
model
*/
protected void updateNotation(PropertyChangeEvent event) {
// Here goes the notation code previously in modelChanged
}
/**
* Guaranteed to execute in AWT thread to update the layout of the
Fig composition
* as a result of a change in the model.
*/
protected void modelChangedImpl(PropertyChangeEvent event) {
// Here goes the other code previously in modelChanged
}
On 12/04/2008, Bob Tarling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it not possibel that updateListeners and
> NotationProvider.updateListener is ever called from the AWT thread
> also? So we just move the problem somewhere else.
>
> Is there actually an advantage of having those calls on the MDR
> thread? Is it a performance issue to take work away from the AWT
> thread?
>
> If not then wouldn't it be safer to make sure that everything in that
> method is on AWT thread by my suggested change to
> FigNodeModelElement/FigEdgeModelElement.
>
>
> Bob,
>
>
>
>
> On 12/04/2008, Michiel van der Wulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Bob, Christian,
> >
> > The current code is as follows:
> >
> > protected void modelChanged(final PropertyChangeEvent mee) {
> > super.modelChanged(mee);
> > if (mee instanceof AddAssociationEvent
> > || mee instanceof RemoveAssociationEvent
> > || mee instanceof AttributeChangeEvent) {
> > Runnable doWorkRunnable = new Runnable() {
> > public void run() {
> > renderingChanged();
> > updateListeners(getOwner(), getOwner());
> > notationProvider.updateListener(
> > FigClassifierRole.this, getOwner(), mee);
> > damage();
> > }
> > };
> >
> > SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doWorkRunnable);
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > But, since the both updateListener calls only are intended to
query the
> > model, and do not impact the graphic representation, it should be
as
> > follows:
> >
> > protected void modelChanged(final PropertyChangeEvent mee) {
> > super.modelChanged(mee);
> > if (mee instanceof AddAssociationEvent
> > || mee instanceof RemoveAssociationEvent
> > || mee instanceof AttributeChangeEvent) {
> > Runnable doWorkRunnable = new Runnable() {
> > public void run() {
> > renderingChanged();
> > damage();
> > }
> > };
> > updateListeners(getOwner(), getOwner());
> > notationProvider.updateListener(
> > FigClassifierRole.this, getOwner(), mee);
> > SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doWorkRunnable);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > IIRC, then this kind of seperating between threads has been
discussed
> > between me and Tom.
> > Please also read the comments with
> > NotationProvider.updateListener().
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michiel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Tarling"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:48 AM
> > Subject: [argouml-dev] modelChanged in Figs should invokeLater
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Christian came across a problem with concurrency in
FigClassifierRole
> > > of the new sequence diagrams.
> > >
> > > The problem was that drawing of a message edge (user interaction
an
> > > AWT thread) was effecting the Fig composition at the same time as
the
> > > same Fig was receiving a model event which also resulted in a
change
> > > to the Fig composition.
> > >
> > > Forcing the handling of the model event to the AWT thread solved
this.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking that this is probably something we should do in
general
> > > in Figs to be safe
> > >
> > > Something like the following in FigNodeModelElement (and Edge)
> > >
> > > final protected void modelChanged(final PropertyChangeEvent
mee) {
> > > Runnable doWorkRunnable = new Runnable() {
> > > public void run() {
> > > modelChangedImpl(mee);
> > > }
> > > };
> > >
> > > SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doWorkRunnable);
> > > }
> > >
> > > protected void modelChangedImpl(PropertyChangeEvent
> > mee) {
> > > // Here goes the code previously in modelChanged
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Sound reasonable?
> > >
> > > Bob.
> > >
> > >
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