Deselecting a DataListItem throws a NullPointerException

[Noggy]

Hi all !

I wrote the following piece of code to catch events from selected datalistitems

            
DataList list = new DataList();  
list.setBorders(false);
DataListSelectionModel sm = new DataListSelectionModel(SelectionMode.SINGLE);
list.setSelectionModel(sm);
             
          
Listener<ComponentEvent> listener = new Listener<ComponentEvent>() {
public void handleEvent(ComponentEvent ce) {
DataList l = (DataList) ce.component;  
EntitiesModel model = store.findModel("entityStep", l.getSelectedItem().getText());
(l.getSelectionModel()).deselect(l.getSelectedItem());                  
}  
};   

list.addListener(Events.SelectionChange, listener);

but unfortunatly deselecting the selected DataListItem throws a NullPointerException. The behaviour actually works and the item is deselected , but still this exception is throw.

Any ideas why ?

TIA,
Noggy

[Noggy]

I found out that setting the DataListSelectionModel to locked using

setLocked(true);

invalidates the selections. But then i can't use a Listener to know which selection was clicked. Any ideas on how i could achieve this behaviour ?

TIA,
CN

[sven]

The problem is within your code.

After you deselect an item the SelectionChange event is fired again and than there is no item selected ->

l.getSelectedItem().getText()

throws the NPE.

[Noggy]

Hello Sven, and thanks for the reply.

Who is listening to this SelectionChange event that the the line

l.getSelectionModel()).deselect(l.getSelectedItem()

fires ?

If it was the listener I used, then I should be able to read a message on the second
system.out.println

             Listener<ComponentEvent> listener = new Listener<ComponentEvent>() {  
              public void handleEvent(ComponentEvent ce) {  
                     DataList l = (DataList) ce.component;  
                     
                         if(l.getSelectedItem().equals(null)) {
                             System.out.println("nothing is selected!!");
                         }
                     
                         EntitiesModel model = store.findModel("entityStep", l.getSelectedItem().getText());
                         Info.display("Selected ", model.getEntityStep());
                         (l.getSelectionModel()).deselect(l.getSelectedItem());    

                         if(l.getSelectedItem().equals(null)) {
                             System.out.println("nothing is selected!!");
                         }

                   }  
                 };   

         list.addListener(Events.SelectionChange, listener);

Using

l.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem().equals(null)

instead of

(l.getSelectedItem().equals(null))

also doesn't work.

How do i prevent this NPE ??

TIA,
Noggy

[sven]

if(l.getSelectedItem()==null) {
  System.out.println("nothing is selected!!");
}

[sven]

	
	
Listener<ComponentEvent> listener = new Listener<ComponentEvent>() {  
              public void handleEvent(ComponentEvent ce) {  
                     DataList l = (DataList) ce.component;  
                     
                         if(l.getSelectedItem().equals(null)) {
                             System.out.println("nothing is selected!!");
                         }
                     
                         EntitiesModel model = store.findModel("entityStep", l.getSelectedItem().getText());
                         Info.display("Selected ", model.getEntityStep());
                         (l.getSelectionModel()).deselect(l.getSelectedItem());    

                         if(l.getSelectedItem().equals(null)) {
                             System.out.println("nothing is selected!!");
                         }

                   }  
                 };   

         list.addListener(Events.SelectionChange, listener);

The red lines are bad

[Noggy]

Thanks.

It worked!