de.hillenbrand.swing.text
Class RegexFormatter

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter
      javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter
          de.hillenbrand.swing.text.RegexFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class RegexFormatter
extends javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter

A regular expression based implementation of AbstractFormatter.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.util.regex.Pattern

pattern

Constructor Summary

RegexFormatter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)
Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter.

RegexFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)
Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter.

Method Summary

java.util.regex.Pattern	getPattern() Returns the Pattern used to determine if a value is legal.
void	setPattern(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern) Sets the pattern that will be used to determine if a value is legal.
java.lang.Object	stringToValue(java.lang.String text) Parses text returning an arbitrary Object.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter

clone, getAllowsInvalid, getCommitsOnValidEdit, getDocumentFilter, getNavigationFilter, getOverwriteMode, getValueClass, install, setAllowsInvalid, setCommitsOnValidEdit, setOverwriteMode, setValueClass, valueToString

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter

getActions, getFormattedTextField, invalidEdit, setEditValid, uninstall

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

pattern

protected java.util.regex.Pattern pattern

Constructor Detail

RegexFormatter

public RegexFormatter(java.lang.String pattern)
               throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter. pattern specifies the regular expression that will be used to determine if a value is legal.

Parameters:

pattern -

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

RegexFormatter

public RegexFormatter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter. pattern specifies the regular expression that will be used to determine if a value is legal.

Parameters:

pattern -

Method Detail

setPattern

public void setPattern(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

Sets the pattern that will be used to determine if a value is legal.

Parameters:

pattern -

getPattern

public java.util.regex.Pattern getPattern()

Returns the Pattern used to determine if a value is legal.

Returns:

stringToValue

public java.lang.Object stringToValue(java.lang.String text)
                               throws java.text.ParseException

Parses text returning an arbitrary Object. Some formatters may return null.

Overrides:

stringToValue in class javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter

Parameters:

text - String to convert

Returns:

Object representation of text

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if there is an error in the conversion