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Explain Model View Controller

My experience with developing dynamic websites is limited mostly to Java servlets. I've used Tomcat to develop various Java servlets, and I wouldn't hesitate to say that I'm reasonably proficient ...
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Using MVC in a Java app

I need to write a cross-platform GUI application to process (in multiple threads) and visualize fairly large quantities of data. Ideally the application should be relatively fast and look good. The ...
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method to allow me ability to freely modify my classes, but make them immutable to others?

I am creating the model part of an MVC architecture. My one class will provide all the accesses to allow one to fetch system state. I want most of this state to be immutable as it shouldn't be ...
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How to completely decouple Model from View/Controller in Java Swing

Is there a collection of commonly-agreed-upon design guidelines for separating the Model classes from the View/Controller classes in a Java Swing app? I'm not so concerned that the View/Controller ...
4
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2answers
169 views

MVC - Isolating view and model logic

I understand that the model should generally consist of data manipulation and the view for data display from the model, but how do I keep my model and view layers decoupled? My simple view has a few ...
4
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1answer
268 views

MVC for our application?

There are some issues about how to manage our program designs and programming styles. I was assigned to find a solution to write reusable code - though, the programming team does not follow the rules. ...
4
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1answer
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Opensource showcase for MVC in Java Swing

I've allready created small desktop CRUD applications using Java/Swing. In hindsight I'm not quite sure if the overall design of these applications is good. I've also done some reading on MVC and ...
3
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1answer
183 views

Is MVC the optimal pattern to build a RESTful web service?

Not being a Java practitioner, I recently came to learn about the JAX-RS specification and Apache CXF framework. While still wrapping my head around all these things, I also read the this question on ...
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How to use MVC in practice

I'm very confused. I can't even begin to understand how MVC would be implemented outside of web development. This might seem like too general a question, but how would one apply MVC. I have the ...
2
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2answers
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MVC: View-Controller Interaction

I have a Java application that I am implementing following the MVC pattern. I want to have a window (view) that contains a form which allows the user to add several text fields. There will also be a ...
2
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1answer
453 views

Difference between Controller and Dispatcher in MVC for web frameworks?

In MVC applied to WSGI or Java EE, is the Servlet a controller, dispatcher, or both? I think I've seen system diagrams where the controller and the dispatcher are different. Could the controller ...
2
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2answers
184 views

What should be in my model and what should be in my controler?

We are writing a system with a sort of quasi-MVC structure (it was never stated as that, but that's what it is). I'm building up a full knowledge of the system and the controller will have to make ...
2
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1answer
326 views

Package conventions for MVC app [closed]

Which (if either) of the below is the more conventional/acceptable way to structure packages in a J2EE app? I'm trying to follow an MVC pattern as much as possible. foo.bar.users ...
2
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2answers
159 views

How to synchronize client and server model objects?

We have a client-server application with a thick client (GWT). There are client-side MVP presenters (MVC controllers) which hold references to some objects viewed in the GUI. Some user actions cause ...
2
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1answer
176 views

MVC - sharing multiple models

I am building a java desktop application where I am attempting to implement MVC. The GUI interface has multiple views (think pop-up windows) from the main view. Each view has its associated model that ...

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