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

[bob mcwhirter]

List contentList = new ArrayList( element.getContext() );

element.setContent( null );

	-bob


On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Bradley S. Huffman wrote:

> 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
> > 
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