Java Glossary : fibrillation

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fibrillation: Sometimes, in your ChangeListener you change the value of the component that caused the event. This in turn triggers yet another ChangeEvent. Your app goes into an endless loop fibrillation. One way to avoid this problem is never to set a Component's value without first checking if you really need to. Don't set unless the value has actually changed. Components don't do this for themselves. Any set is treated as a change even if you are setting to the same value. You still get unwanted ChangeEvents, but they don't propagate.

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