Mediator (Chapter 10)

SOLUTION 10.1Figure B.12 shows a solution. The arrowheads in the link between PlaceA-Tub and PlaceATubMediator emphasize two-way navigability between these classes. A PlaceATub object has a mediator that it registers for events: 
public JTextField textField()
{
    if (textField == null)
    {
        textField = new JTextField();
        textField.setFont(font());
        textField.addActionListener(mediator());
        textField.addFocusListener(mediator());
    }
    return textField;
}
Figure B.12. The PlaceATub class handles component building, and the PlaceATubMediator class handles events.

The constructor for PlaceATubMediator accepts a PlaceATub object to which ...

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