34.4. The Servlet API

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Review Questions

Sections 30.2 “30.3

30.1	What is model-view-controller architecture?
30.2	How do you do implement models, views, and controllers?
30.3	What are the variations of MVC architecture?

Section 30.4 Swing Model-View-Controller Architecture

30.4	Does each Swing GUI component (except containers such as JPanel ) have a property named model ? Is the type of model the same for all the components ?
30.5	Does each model interface have a default implementation class? If so, does a Swing component use the default model class if no model is specified?

Sections 30.5 “30.6

30.6	If you create a JSpinner without specifying a data model, what is the default model?
30.7	What is the internal data structure for storing data in SpinnerListModel ? How do you convert an array to a list?

Sections 30.7 “30.9

30.8	Does JList have a method, such as addItem , for adding an item to a list? How do you add items to a list? Can JList display icons and custom GUI objects in a list? Can a list item be edited? How do you initialize data in a list? How do you specify the maximum number of visible rows in a list without scrolling? How do you specify the height of a list cell ? How do you specify the horizontal margin of list cells ?
30.9	How do you create a list model? How do you add items to a list model? How do you remove items from a list model?
30.10	What are the three list-selection modes? Can you set the selection modes directly in an instance of JList ? How do you obtain the selected item(s)?
30.11	How do you create a custom list cell renderer?
30.12	What is the handler for handling the ListSelectionEvent ?

Section 30.10 JComboBox

30.13	Can multiple items be selected from a combo box? Can a combo box item be edited? How do you specify the maximum number of visible rows in a combo box without scrolling? Can you specify the height of a combo box cell using a method in JComboBox ? How do you obtain the selected item in a combo box?
30.14	How do you add or remove items from a combo box?
30.15	Why is the cell renderer for a combo box the same as the renderer for a list?