Multiple JTextField updates

Having an issue where I want three JTextFields to be updated dependant on each other.

Basically, I want my three fields to update like so:

field A updates field B and C
field B updates field A and C
field C updates field A and B

I've set up DocumentListeners and the code goes into insertUpdate(), however if I only update two fields, it works fine. If I try to update all, I get an Attempt To mutate in notification exception.

Any ideas?

Thanks

I thought i'd post my code to make it clearer what I mean.
I also read that I should wrap my documentlistener code in SwingUtilities.invokeLater(), but if I do that, I get a never ending thread:

Code:

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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.event.*;

/**
 *
 * @author
 */
public class MW extends JFrame{

    private JLabel lblA;
    private JLabel lblB;
    private JLabel lblC;
    private JTextField fieldA;
    private JTextField fieldB;
    private JTextField fieldC;


    public MW(){

        lblA = new JLabel();
        lblB = new JLabel();
        lblC = new JLabel();

        fieldA = new JTextField();
        fieldB = new JTextField();
        fieldC = new JTextField();

        lblA.setText("A");
        lblB.setText("B");
        lblC.setText("C");



class AUpdate implements Runnable{


    public void run(){

        fieldB.setText(fieldA.getText() + 3);
        fieldC.setText(fieldA.getText() + 4);
       
    }

}

        fieldA.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener(){

            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("A changed");
            }

            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("A remove");

            }

            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("A insert");
                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new AUpdate());
              // fieldB.setText(fieldA.getText() + 5);
              // fieldC.setText(fieldA.getText() + 6);
               
            }



        });

       
class FieldUpdate implements Runnable{

    public void run(){


        fieldB.setText(fieldC.getText() + 9);
        fieldA.setText(fieldC.getText() + 8);
    }



}

        fieldB.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener(){

            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("B changed");
            }

            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("B remove");

            }

            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("B insert");
                //fieldA.setText(fieldB.getText() + 10);
                //fieldC.setText(fieldB.getText() + 20);

            }



        });

        fieldC.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener(){

            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("C changed");
            }

            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                System.out.println("C remove");

            }

            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent de){

                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new FieldUpdate());
              // fieldA.setText(fieldC.getText() + 35);

            }



        });





        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(fieldA, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 79, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(lblA))
                .addGap(32, 32, 32)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(fieldB, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 89, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(lblB))
                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(lblC)
                    .addComponent(fieldC, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 81, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(158, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(70, 70, 70)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(lblA)
                    .addComponent(lblB)
                    .addComponent(lblC))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(fieldA, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(fieldB, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(fieldC, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(239, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

       




        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.setVisible(true);
        pack();

       
    }

}

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Thanks

You get an infinite loop because you continually update the text fields.

If you can a you update b and c. So then when you update b, it tries to update a and c.

You need to remove the Document listener from all the text fields before you attempt to change the dependent fields. After the update is done you can add the listeners back to each text field.

Ah thanks, that makes sense, so A starts a thread, which updates B and C and C updates A which starts the thread again, etc etc.

Now, I'm not sure how to remove the document listener without its' name:


The code below requires the documentListener name, which I don't have:

Code:

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class FieldUpdate implements Runnable{

    public void run(){

        fieldA.getDocument().removeDocumentListener();
        fieldB.setText(fieldC.getText() + 9);
        fieldA.setText(fieldC.getText() + 8);
    }
}

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Thanks!

You can get the listeners attached to a Component.

You defined your text fields as class variables. You can always do the same thing for the DocumentListeners.

Thanks guys,

Did as you said and redefined the documentListeners, then removed and re-added them after processing code. Works as expected.

Thanks for such quick and helpful replies! :)