MVC example for a single "text field" form

Foo.java

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.text.PlainDocument;

public class Foo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // setup model
        Document model = new PlainDocument();

        // setup view
        final JTextField view = new JTextField(model, "howdie", 30);

        placeViewInFrameAndShowIt(view);

        // controller logic
        view.addActionListener(a -> {
            try {
                printModel("action event change (view initiated)", model);
            } catch (BadLocationException e) {
                throw new UnsupportedOperationException(e);
            }
        });


        // change model value after 5 seconds (demo)
        new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    sleep(5000);
                    model.remove(0, model.getLength());
                    model.insertString(0, "goodbye", null);
                    printModel("model changed outside of view", model);
                } catch (InterruptedException | BadLocationException e) {
                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(e);
                }
            }
        }.start();

    }

    private static void placeViewInFrameAndShowIt(JTextField view) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("hello") {{
            getContentPane().add(new JPanel() {{
                add(view);
            }});
            setSize(500, 70);
        }};
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    private static void printModel(String preamble, Document model) throws BadLocationException {
        System.out.println(preamble + ": " + model.getText(0, model.getLength()));
    }
}