[jdom-interest] Sorting Children, Collections.sort, ComodificationException, etc., etc.

[Bradley S. Huffman]

Damn, your right :( I'm beginning to really hate "live" lists. What I really
want is setContent() to return a List of the old children detached instead
"this element modified".

Brad

Gordon Tyler writes:

> Bradley S. Huffman wrote:
> 
> > public static void sortContent(Element element, Comparator comparator) {
> >     // Get a List of the current children
> >     List contentList = element.getContent();
> > 
> >     // Temporarily remove all content
> >     element.setContent(null);           
> 
> But since the list returned by element.getContent() is a "live" list, 
> wouldn't this statement empty contentList?
> 
> Ciao,
> Gordon
> 
> -- 
> Gordon Tyler
> Software Developer, R&D
> Sitraka -- Performance is Mission Critical
>