/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is
 * subject to license terms.
 */

package org.jdesktop.swingbinding;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import org.jdesktop.beansbinding.AutoBinding;
import org.jdesktop.beansbinding.Property;
import org.jdesktop.beansbinding.PropertyStateEvent;
import org.jdesktop.beansbinding.PropertyStateListener;
import org.jdesktop.swingbinding.impl.AbstractColumnBinding;
import org.jdesktop.swingbinding.impl.ListBindingManager;
import static org.jdesktop.beansbinding.AutoBinding.UpdateStrategy.*;

/**
 * Binds a {@code List} of objects to act as the items of a {@code JComboBox}.
 * Each object in the source {@code List} is an item in the {@code JComboBox}.
 * Instances of {@code JComboBoxBinding} are obtained by calling one of the
 * {@code createJComboBoxBinding} methods in the {@code SwingBindings} class.
 * <p>
 * Here is an example of creating a binding from a {@code List} of {@code Country}
 * objects to a {@code JComboBox}:
 * <p>
 * <pre><code>
 *    // create the country list
 *    List<Country> countries = createCountryList();
 *
 *    // create the binding from List to JComboBox
 *    JComboBoxBinding cb = SwingBindings.createJComboBoxBinding(READ, countries, jComboBox);
 *
 *    // realize the binding
 *    cb.bind();
 * </code></pre>
 * <p>
 * If the {@code List} is an instance of {@code ObservableList}, then changes to
 * the {@code List} contents (such as adding, removing or replacing an object)
 * are reflected in the {@code JComboBox}. <b>Important:</b> Changing the contents
 * of a non-observable {@code List} while it is participating in a
 * {@code JComboBoxBinding} is unsupported, resulting in undefined behavior and
 * possible exceptions.
 * <p>
 * <a name="CLARIFICATION">{@code JComboBoxBinding} requires</a>
 * extra clarification on the operation of the
 * {@code refresh} and {@code save} methods and the meaning of the update
 * strategy. The target property of a {@code JComboBoxBinding} is not the
 * target {@code JComboBox} property provided in the constructor, but rather a
 * private synthetic property representing the {@code List} of objects to show
 * in the target {@code JComboBox}. This synthetic property is readable/writeable
 * only when the {@code JComboBoxBinding} is bound and the target {@code JComboBox}
 * property is readable with a {@code non-null} value.
 * <p>
 * It is this private synthetic property on which the {@code refresh} and
 * {@code save} methods operate; meaning that these methods simply cause syncing
 * between the value of the source {@code List} property and the value of the
 * synthetic target property (representing the {@code List} to be shown in the
 * target {@code JComboBox}). These methods do not, therefore, have anything to do
 * with refreshing <i>values</i> in the {@code JComboBox}. Likewise, the update
 * strategy, which simply controls when {@code refresh} and {@code save} are
 * automatically called, also has nothing to do with refreshing <i>values</i>
 * in the {@code JComboBox}.
 * <p>
 * <b>Note:</b> At the current time, the {@code READ_WRITE} update strategy
 * is not useful for {@code JComboBoxBinding}. To prevent unwanted confusion,
 * {@code READ_WRITE} is translated to {@code READ} by {@code JComboBoxBinding's}
 * constructor.
 * <p>
 * {@code JComboBoxBinding} works by installing a custom model on the target
 * {@code JComboBox}, as appropriate, to represent the source {@code List}. The
 * model is installed on a target {@code JComboBox} with the first succesful call
 * to {@code refresh} with that {@code JComboBox} as the target. Subsequent calls
 * to {@code refresh} update the elements in this already-installed model.
 * The model is uninstalled from a target {@code JComboBox} when either the
 * {@code JComboBoxBinding} is unbound or when the target {@code JComboBox} property
 * changes to no longer represent that {@code JComboBox}. Note: When the model is
 * uninstalled from a {@code JComboBox}, it is replaced with a {@code DefaultComboBoxModel},
 * in order to leave the {@code JComboBox} functional.
 * <p>
 * Some of the above is easier to understand with an example. Let's consider
 * a {@code JComboBoxBinding} ({@code binding}), with update strategy
 * {@code READ}, between a property representing a {@code List} ({@code listP})
 * and a property representing a {@code JComboBox} ({@code jComboBoxP}). {@code listP}
 * and {@code jComboBoxP} both start off readable, referring to a {@code non-null}
 * {@code List} and {@code non-null} {@code JComboBox} respectively. Let's look at
 * what happens for each of a sequence of events:
 * <p>
 * <table border=1>
 *   <tr><th>Sequence</th><th>Event</th><th>Result</th></tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center">1</td>
 *     <td>explicit call to {@code binding.bind()}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - synthetic target property becomes readable/writeable
 *         <br>
 *         - {@code refresh()} is called
 *         <br>
 *         - model is installed on target {@code JComboBox}, representing list of objects
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center">2</td>
 *     <td>{@code listP} changes to a new {@code List}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - {@code refresh()} is called
 *         <br>
 *         - model is updated with new list of objects
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center"><a name="STEP3" href="#NOTICE">3</a></td>
 *     <td>{@code jComboBoxP} changes to a new {@code JComboBox}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - model is uninstalled from old {@code JComboBox}
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center">4</td>
 *     <td>explicit call to {@code binding.refresh()}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - model is installed on target {@code JComboBox}, representing list of objects
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center">5</td>
 *     <td>{@code listP} changes to a new {@code List}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - {@code refresh()} is called
 *         <br>
 *         - model is updated with new list of objects
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 *   <tr valign="baseline">
 *     <td align="center">6</td>
 *     <td>explicit call to {@code binding.unbind()}</td>
 *     <td>
 *         - model is uninstalled from target {@code JComboBox}
 *     </td>
 *   </tr>
 * </table>
 * <p>
 * <a name="NOTICE">Notice</a> that in <a href="#STEP3">step 3</a>, when the value
 * of the {@code JComboBox} property changed, the new {@code JComboBox} did not
 * automatically get the model with the elements applied to it. A change to the
 * target value should not cause an {@code AutoBinding} to sync the target from
 * the source. Step 4 forces a sync by explicitly calling {@code refresh}.
 * Alternatively, it could be caused by any other action that results
 * in a {@code refresh} (for example, the source property changing value, or an
 * explicit call to {@code unbind} followed by {@code bind}).
 * <p>
 * In addition to binding the items of a {@code JComboBox}, it is possible to
 * bind to the selected item of a {@code JComboBox}.
 * See the list of <a href="package-summary.html#SWING_PROPS">
 * interesting swing properties</a> in the package summary for more details.
 *
 * @param <E> the type of elements in the source {@code List}
 * @param <SS> the type of source object (on which the source property resolves to {@code List})
 * @param <TS> the type of target object (on which the target property resolves to {@code JComboBox})
 *
 * @author Shannon Hickey
 */
public final class JComboBoxBinding<E, SS, TS> extends AutoBinding<SS, List<E>, TS, List> {

    private Property<TS, ? extends JComboBox> comboP;
    private ElementsProperty<TS> elementsP;
    private Handler handler = new Handler();
    private JComboBox combo;
    private BindingComboBoxModel model;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance of {@code JComboBoxBinding}.
     *
     * @param strategy the update strategy
     * @param sourceObject the source object
     * @param sourceListProperty a property on the source object that resolves to the {@code List} of elements
     * @param targetObject the target object
     * @param targetJComboBoxProperty a property on the target object that resolves to a {@code JComboBox}
     * @param name a name for the {@code JComboBoxBinding}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the source property or target property is {@code null}
     */
    protected JComboBoxBinding(UpdateStrategy strategy, SS sourceObject, Property<SS, List<E>> sourceListProperty, TS targetObject, Property<TS, ? extends JComboBox> targetJComboBoxProperty, String name) {
        super(strategy == READ_WRITE ? READ : strategy,
              sourceObject, sourceListProperty, targetObject, new ElementsProperty<TS>(), name);

        if (targetJComboBoxProperty == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("target JComboBox property can't be null");
        }

        comboP = targetJComboBoxProperty;
        elementsP = (ElementsProperty<TS>)getTargetProperty();
    }

    protected void bindImpl() {
        elementsP.setAccessible(isComboAccessible());