// UpcaseFilter.java
// A simple DocumentFilter that maps lowercase letters to uppercase.

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;

public class UpcaseFilter extends DocumentFilter {

  public void insertString(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset,
                String text, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException
  {
    fb.insertString(offset, text.toUpperCase(), attr);
  }

  //no need to override remove(): inherited version allows all removals

  public void replace(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, int length,
                  String text, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException
  {
    fb.replace(offset, length, text.toUpperCase(), attr);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    DocumentFilter dfilter = new UpcaseFilter();

    JTextArea jta = new JTextArea();
    JTextField jtf = new JTextField();
    ((AbstractDocument)jta.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(dfilter);
    ((AbstractDocument)jtf.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(dfilter);

    JFrame frame = new JFrame("UpcaseFilter");
    frame.getContentPane().add(jta, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.getContentPane().add(jtf, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.setSize(200, 120);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}