Undo/Redo

[J. Ryan]

I'm trying to implement an undo/redo mechanism in my application, and I want to be able to handle actions which are more complex than text events. For example, I want undo/redo operations (e.g. update, delete, etc.) for custom objects used by my application.

Would it be possible to use the API provided by Swing (UndoManager, etc.) to handle these types of operations or would I need to write something myself? From what I've read so far, it seems like I'll need to do it myself since the API seems to only support text edits. Am I heading down the right track or do I need to use the API? Thanks for any input.

[subodh gupta]

update and delete of what?

If you taking about data swing does't provide you have to do it urself.

[J. Ryan]

I mean I am modifiying the fields of custom objects, deleting objects, creating new ones, etc. So for anything other than simple text edits of text fields I should use my own history manager?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Yes, you need to do that in your own code. Swing has no way of keeping track of what the application is doing.