> This PR implements a new default method on `ObservableList` to be able to 
> replace elements within a specified range.
> 
> Justification for this change is to allow an `ObservableList` to be bulk 
> modified resulting in a single `ListChangeListener` call back.  In this way 
> the callbacks don't observe the list changing its size from S to S-X back to 
> S again(*). Currently the only way to bulk replace a range of items is to 
> remove X items then add X items, resulting in two listener callbacks in 
> between which the size of the list can be observed to change.
> 
> The other alternative is to call `set` individually for each item, which 
> results in many change notifications.
> 
> With the addition of this PR, and the changes in 
> `ModifiableObservableListBase`, replacing a range of items becomes a single 
> change callback.
> 
> (*) The list may indeed change size still as plain `List` does not have 
> `setAll` operations; size listeners may observe this, but it will no longer 
> be observable from a `ListChangeListener` due to multiple separate callbacks.

John Hendrikx has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  Add additional tests

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1937/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1937/files/0b42426b..730ea77f

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1937&range=02
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1937&range=01-02

  Stats: 29 lines in 1 file changed: 28 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1937.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/1937/head:pull/1937

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1937

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