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Browse All TopicsNeed to be able to execute some code whenever a list changes in size as a result of some user action. Is that possible to do? I have a list that can increase and decrease in size as a result of user actions. When the list changes in size I need to call some code that performs a save operation. Can I listen for things like Collections changing in size in Java?
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by: Bart_CrPosted on 2009-08-19 at 07:08:10ID: 25132770
There's no build in way in Java to do this, but nothing stops you from creating a wrapper around you collection which can give you what you want. Below is a rough implementation.
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