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## com.jgoodies.binding.value
Class DelayedReadValueModel

    java.lang.Object
      com.jgoodies.binding.beans.Model
          com.jgoodies.binding.value.AbstractValueModel
              com.jgoodies.binding.value.DelayedReadValueModel

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Observable, ValueModel, Serializable

    public final class DelayedReadValueModel

extends AbstractValueModel

A ValueModel that deferres updates and read-access for a specified delay. Useful to coalesce frequent changes. For example if a heavy computation shall be performed only for a "stable" selection after a series of quick selection changes.

Wraps a given subject ValueModel and observes subject value changes and forwards them to listeners of this model after a delay. If the subject value changes, a Swing Timer is used to delay the change notification. A previously started timer - if any - will be stopped before. Reading this model's value returns: a) the subject value if there's no pending update, or b) this model's old value that will be updated after the delay. If a value is set to this model, it immediately updates the subject value.

TODO: Describe how and when listeners get notified about the delayed change.

TODO: Write about the recommended delay time - above the double-click time and somewhere below a second, e.g. 100ms to 200ms.

TODO: Write about a slightly different commit handling. The current implementation defers the commit until the value is stable for the specified delay; it's a DelayUntilStableForXXXmsValueModel. Another feature is to delay for a specified time but ensure that some commits and change notifications happen. The latter is a CoalescingWriteValueModel.

TODO: Summarize the differences between the DelayedReadValueModel, the DelayedWriteValueModel, and this DelayedPropertyChangeHandler.

Since:
  1.1
Version:
  $Revision: 1.5 $
Author:
  Karsten Lentzsch
See Also:
  `Timer`, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jgoodies.binding.value.AbstractValueModel
`PROPERTYNAME_VALUE`

Constructor Summary
`DelayedReadValueModel(ValueModel subject, int delay)` Constructs a DelayedReadValueModel for the given subject ValueModel and the specified Timer delay in milliseconds with coalescing disabled.
`DelayedReadValueModel(ValueModel subject, int delay, boolean coalesce)` Constructs a DelayedReadValueModel for the given subject ValueModel and the specified Timer delay in milliseconds using the given coalesce mode.

Method Summary
`int` | `getDelay()` Returns the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications.
`Object` | `getValue()` Returns the subject's value or in case of a pending commit, the pending new value.
`boolean` | `isCoalesce()` Returns if this model coalesces all pending changes or not.
`void` | `setCoalesce(boolean b)` Sets if this model shall coalesce all pending changes or not.
`void` | `setDelay(int delay)` Sets the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications.
`void` | `setValue(Object newValue)` Sets the given new value immediately as the subject's new value.

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.binding.value.AbstractValueModel
`addValueChangeListener, booleanValue, doubleValue, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, fireValueChange, floatValue, getString, intValue, longValue, removeValueChangeListener, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, toString`

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.binding.beans.Model
`addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, addVetoableChangeListener, equals, fireMulticastPropertyChange, fireMultiplePropertiesChanged, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, fireVetoableChange, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVetoableChangeListeners, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, removeVetoableChangeListener`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### DelayedReadValueModel

    public DelayedReadValueModel(ValueModel subject,
                                 int delay)

  Constructs a DelayedReadValueModel for the given subject ValueModel and the specified Timer delay in milliseconds with coalescing disabled.

  Parameters:
    `subject` - the underlying (or wrapped) ValueModel
    `delay` - the milliseconds to wait before a change shall be committed
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the delay is negative

### DelayedReadValueModel

    public DelayedReadValueModel(ValueModel subject,
                                 int delay,
                                 boolean coalesce)

  Constructs a DelayedReadValueModel for the given subject ValueModel and the specified Timer delay in milliseconds using the given coalesce mode.

  Parameters:
    `subject` - the underlying (or wrapped) ValueModel
    `delay` - the milliseconds to wait before a change shall be committed
    `coalesce` - `true` to coalesce all pending changes, `false` to fire changes with the delay when an update has been received
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the delay is negative
  See Also:
    `setCoalesce(boolean)`

Method Detail

### getValue

    public Object getValue()

  Returns the subject's value or in case of a pending commit, the pending new value.

  Returns:
    the subject's current or future value.

### setValue

    public void setValue(Object newValue)

  Sets the given new value immediately as the subject's new value. Note that change notifications from the subject are deferred by this model. Therefore listeners registered with this model will be notified after this model's delay.

  Parameters:
    `newValue` - the value to set

### getDelay

    public int getDelay()

  Returns the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications.

  Returns:
    the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications
  See Also:
    `setDelay(int)`

### setDelay

    public void setDelay(int delay)

  Sets the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications.

  Parameters:
    `delay` - the delay, in milliseconds, that is used to defer value change notifications
  See Also:
    `getDelay()`

### isCoalesce

    public boolean isCoalesce()

  Returns if this model coalesces all pending changes or not.

  Returns:
    `true` if all pending changes will be coalesced, `false` if pending changes are fired with a delay when an update has been received.
  See Also:
    `setCoalesce(boolean)`

### setCoalesce

    public void setCoalesce(boolean b)

  Sets if this model shall coalesce all pending changes or not. In this case, a change event will be fired first, if no updates have been received for this model's delay. If coalesce is `false`, a change event will be fired with this model's delay when an update has been received.

  The default value is `false`.

  Note that this value is not the #coalesce value of this model's internal Swing timer.

  Parameters:
    `b` - `true` to coalesce, `false` to fire separate changes

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