Configuration and Model-View

I am using the Model-View pattern on a small application I'm writing. Here's the scenario: The model maintains a list of directories from where it c开发者_开发问答an extract the data that it needs. The View has a Configuration or a Setting dialog where the user can modify this list of directories (the dialog has a JList displaying the list in addition to add and remove buttons).

I need some advice from the community: The View needs to communicate these changes to the model. I thought first of adding to the model these methods: addDirectory() and removeDirectory(). But I am trying to limit the number of methods (or channels) that the View can use to communicate with and manipulate the model. Is there any good practice for this? Thank you.

---

Add an intermediate layer, which talks to both the model and the view, commonly known as a controller :)

The view can then call the controller with methods like addButtonPressed() and removeButtonPressed(). These methods then call addDirectory() and removeDirectory(), without the view knowing about this.

Since you're writing a small application, adding extra MVC stuff would probably be overhead.

EDIT: in this setup, the view only has a reference to the controller and not to the model.