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RegexPatternFormatter.javaAPI DocExample2351Thu Oct 24 20:14:26 BST 2002None

RegexPatternFormatter

public class RegexPatternFormatter extends DefaultFormatter

Fields Summary
protected Matcher
matcher
Constructors Summary
public RegexPatternFormatter(Pattern regex)

    setOverwriteMode(false);
    matcher = regex.matcher(""); // create a Matcher for the regular expression
Methods Summary
public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] argv)

    // a demo main() to show how RegexPatternFormatter could be used

    JLabel lab1 = new JLabel("even length strings:");
    java.util.regex.Pattern evenLength =
      java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("(..)*");
    JFormattedTextField ftf1 =
      new JFormattedTextField(new RegexPatternFormatter(evenLength));

    JLabel lab2 = new JLabel("no vowels:");
    java.util.regex.Pattern noVowels =
      java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("[^aeiou]*",
          java.util.regex.Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    RegexPatternFormatter noVowelFormatter = new RegexPatternFormatter(noVowels);
    noVowelFormatter.setAllowsInvalid(false); // don't allow user to type vowels
    JFormattedTextField ftf2 = new JFormattedTextField(noVowelFormatter);

    JFrame f = new JFrame("RegexPatternFormatter Demo");
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JPanel pan1 = new JPanel(new java.awt.BorderLayout());
    pan1.add(lab1, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
    pan1.add(ftf1, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
    lab1.setLabelFor(ftf1);
    f.getContentPane().add(pan1, java.awt.BorderLayout.NORTH);
    JPanel pan2 = new JPanel(new java.awt.BorderLayout());
    pan2.add(lab2, java.awt.BorderLayout.WEST);
    pan2.add(ftf2, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
    lab2.setLabelFor(ftf2);
    f.getContentPane().add(pan2, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    f.setSize(300, 80);
    f.setVisible(true);
public java.lang.ObjectstringToValue(java.lang.String string)

    if (string == null) return null;
    matcher.reset(string); // set 'string' as the matcher's input

    if (! matcher.matches()) // Does 'string' match the regular expression?
      throw new java.text.ParseException("does not match regex", 0);

    // If we get this far, then it did match.
    return super.stringToValue(string); // will honor the 'valueClass' property