Changing TextField value without triggering TextListener

Question

I have a TextListener I want to change programatically without triggering its TextListener. I just want the text listener to activate on user text changing. How should I proceed ?

TextField human = new TextField();
human.addTextListener(myListener);

// I don't want this line to trigger listener
human.setText(myString);

Answer 1

You could remove and re-add the listener or give it a boolean to toggle when it should listen.

Edit: per Tom Hawtin: the second recommendation, the one to use a flag, is much preferred over adding/removing a listener, and this makes sense to me as well.