DispatchEvent() problem (bug?)

Question

Hi all.
I'm using a glasspane to process all mouse clicks that occur on inert, or 'no-state' components that don't require to be redrawn when they are clicked (ie
SwingUtilities.getDeepestComponentAt(contentPane, x, y)
returns a component such as a jpanel or a jlabel), and i'm redirecting all other events using:
MouseEvent event2 = SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(glassPane, event, component);component.dispatchEvent(event2);
The problem is that the dispatchEvent method doesn't trigger changes in the components' state or GUI that would normally occur if I wasn't using a glasspane: the checkmarks for checkboxes don't appear, comboboxes don't display their menus, textfields don't display a caret, buttons don't click, tabbedpanes don't change tabs, etc.
I've tried the using component.doClick() and it works fine, but i'm stumped for any component that doesn't extend AbstractButton. I don't feel like adding mouse listeners to all my components (there are over 100 of them!) just to call processMouseEvent (whether or not that would solve my problem) because they don't otherwise need to listen for mouse clicks (validations are processed when an action occurs on an OK button). Do I need to redirect the mouse events in a different way? Is there a command i should add after the dispatchEvent statment?
I could really use some help. Thanx :)

Answer 1

Thanx viravan for your input. After trying it out, however, a few problems arose:
A) Without considering the fact that you're suggestion would lead to a bad archetacture, as you probably know ( ;o) ), that would require that I add a mouse listener to all components just to make the glasspane visible again...and, like i said above, adding mouse listeners to over 100 components that otherwise don't need them is something i'm trying to avoid.
B) I tested the following method on a single checkbox and it works, the checkmark is drawn, even with a visible glasspane, after recieving the redipatched event:checkbox.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event)
                JCheckBox checkbox = (JCheckBox) event.getSource();
                checkbox.setSelected(!checkbox.isSelected());
        });So this isn't a matter of whether or not the glasspane is visible.
C) Adding some code (see below) in the glasspane mouselistener method revealed that the state of the JCheckBox did in fact not change so it's not only a matter of paint, but a matter of changing state.                        System.out.println("State: " + ((JCheckBox) component).isSelected());
                        glassPane.setVisible(false);
                        component.dispatchEvent(event2);
                        System.out.println("State: " + ((JCheckBox) component).isSelected());The print commands return "State: false" both before and after the dispatchEvent command.