Best way to constrain user to enter a time in a JTextField
you could use a JFormattedTextField have a look at the example below, this will create a JFormattedTextField which will accept only numbers and put them in the form XXhXXminXXs then add a ActionListener to the JFormattedTextField and in that attempt to parse to a valid time object when ENTER for now I only show the use of the JFormattedTextField and the ActionListener I didn't attempt to convert or any converting and parsing for valid time:
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.ParseException;
import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.text.MaskFormatter;
public class FormattedTextFieldExample {
public FormattedTextFieldExample() {
initComponents();
}
private void initComponents() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("JFormattedTextField Example");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
MaskFormatter mask = null;
try {
mask = new MaskFormatter("##h##min##s");//the # is for numeric values
mask.setPlaceholderCharacter('#');
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//
// Create a formatted text field that accept a valid time.
//
final JFormattedTextField timeField = new JFormattedTextField(mask);
//Add ActionListener for when enter is pressed
timeField.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
Object source = ae.getSource();
if (source == timeField) {
//parse to a valid time here
System.out.println(timeField.getText());
}
}
});
frame.add(timeField);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new FormattedTextFieldExample();
}
});
}
}
Adding constraint on JTextField
you can also use JFormattedTextField
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JFormattedTextField.html
How to restrict user to enter digits or special charater or blank or space in JTextField in Java Swing?
Try something like this - i used regex which validates input from user, more about regex you will find here : http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/JavaRegularExpressions/article.html
try
{
String str=tf1.getText();
if ( !(str.matches("[a-zA-Z]+"))) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please insert only characters.");
tf1.setText("");
}else{
Connection con;
PreparedStatement ps;
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:test");
ps=con.prepareStatement("insert into test values('"+str+"')");
ps.executeUpdate();
con.close();
ps.close();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"DATA SUBMITTED SUCCESSFULLY.");}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Exception Occurred.");
}
JTextArea Filters and/or Inputs of time (00:00:00) Java
So, dealing with duration is a lot different, as many of the normal "validation" process can be discarded (for example, you don't really care about the hours, as the user might need to put 100 hours, for example)...
So, based on this time field example, I stripped back the API and re-built it (it really need an over haul any way ;))
So I ended up with this duration field...
At it's heart, it's nothing more than a series of fields with DocumentFilters, DocumentListeners, some key bindings and general automation to make it "look" like a single field...
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.FocusListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter;
public class DurationField extends AbstractTimeField {
private HourDocumentFilter hourDocumentFilter;
private JTextField secondField;
private DocumentFilter secondDocumentFilter;
private FocusListener secondFocusHandler;
public DurationField() {
setDuration(0, 0, 0);
}
public void setDuration(int hour, int minute, int seconds) {
setHour(hour);
setMinute(minute);
setSeconds(seconds);
}
public long getDuration() throws NumberFormatException {
int hour = getHour();
int minute = getMinute();
int second = getSecond();
return (hour * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+ (minute * 60 * 1000)
+ (second * 1000);
}
@Override
public void setHour(int hour) {
setFieldValue(getHourField(), hour, 3);
}
public void setSeconds(int seconds) {
setFieldValue(getSecondField(), seconds, 2);
}
public int getSecond() throws NumberFormatException {
return Integer.parseInt(getSecondField().getText());
}
@Override
protected JTextField createHourField() {
JTextField field = super.createHourField();
field.setColumns(4);
return field;
}
@Override
protected int getHourFocusForwardLength() {
return -1;
}
protected int getSecondFocusForwardLength() {
return 2;
}
protected JTextField createSecondField() {
JTextField secondField = new JTextField(2);
((AbstractDocument) secondField.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(getSecondDocumentFilter());
secondField.addFocusListener(getSecondFocusHandler());
secondField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
secondField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new MoveFocusForwardHandler(secondField, getMinuteFocusForwardLength()));
return secondField;
}
@Override
protected JComponent[] getTimeFields() {
return new JComponent[]{
getHourField(),
new JLabel(":"),
getMinuteField(),
new JLabel("."),
getSecondField()
};
}
@Override
protected List<JComponent> initFocusTransveralOrder() {
List<JComponent> order = super.initFocusTransveralOrder();
order.add(getSecondField());
return order;
}
@Override
protected void installKeyBindings() {
super.installKeyBindings();
JTextField minuteField = getMinuteField();
installKeyBinding(
minuteField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_PERIOD, 0),
"toSecondField",
new MoveFocusForward());
installKeyBinding(
minuteField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0),
"afterMinuteArrow",
new MoveFieldFocusForward(minuteField, true));
installKeyBinding(
minuteField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD6, 0),
"afterMinuteKeyPad",
new MoveFieldFocusForward(minuteField, false));
JTextField secondField = getMinuteField();
installKeyBinding(
secondField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0),
"beforeSecond",
new MoveFieldFocusBackward(minuteField, true));
installKeyBinding(
secondField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD4, 0),
"beforeSecond",
new MoveFieldFocusBackward(secondField, false));
}
public JTextField getSecondField() {
if (secondField == null) {
secondField = createSecondField();
}
return secondField;
}
@Override
protected DocumentFilter getHourDocumentFilter() {
if (hourDocumentFilter == null) {
hourDocumentFilter = new HourDocumentFilter();
}
return hourDocumentFilter;
}
protected DocumentFilter getSecondDocumentFilter() {
if (secondDocumentFilter == null) {
secondDocumentFilter = new SecondDocumentFilter();
}
return secondDocumentFilter;
}
/**
* Returns the focus listener used to monitor the hour field
*
* @return
*/
protected FocusListener getSecondFocusHandler() {
if (secondFocusHandler == null) {
secondFocusHandler = new SecondFocusHandler();
}
return secondFocusHandler;
}
protected void secondFieldLostFocus(FocusEvent evt) {
String text = getSecondField().getText();
if (text.length() < 2) {
text = pad(text, 2);
getSecondField().setText(text);
}
}
/**
* Hour field focus handler. This watches for focus lost events a automatically pads the field with a leading "0" if the field is only 1 character in length
*/
protected class SecondFocusHandler extends AbstractFocusHandler {
@Override
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
secondFieldLostFocus(e);
}
}
protected class HourDocumentFilter extends DocumentFilter {
@Override
public void insertString(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, String text, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException {
System.out.println("insert: offset = " + offset + "; text = " + text);
super.insertString(fb, offset, text, attr);
}
@Override
public void replace(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, int length, String text, AttributeSet attrs) throws BadLocationException {
try {
// We convert the value here to make sure it's a number...
int value = Integer.parseInt(text);
super.replace(fb, offset, length, text, attrs);
} catch (NumberFormatException exp) {
}
}
}
protected class SecondDocumentFilter extends DocumentFilter {
@Override
public void insertString(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, String text, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException {
super.insertString(fb, offset, text, attr);
}
@Override
public void replace(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, int length, String text, AttributeSet attrs) throws BadLocationException {
try {
boolean isAcceptable = false;
// How long is the text been added
int strLength = text.length();
// Convert the value to an integer now and save us the hassel
int value = Integer.parseInt(text);
// If the length is only 1, probably a new character has been added
if (strLength == 1) {
// The valid range of values we can accept
int upperRange = 9;
int lowerRange = 0;
// Is the value acceptable..
if (value >= lowerRange && value <= upperRange) {
isAcceptable = true;
}
} else {
// Basically, we are going to trim the value down to at max 2 characters
// Need to know at what offest...
// 2 - offset..
// offset == 0, length = 2 - offset = 2
// offset == 1, length = 2 - offset = 1
strLength = 2 - offset;
String timeText = text.substring(offset, strLength);
value = Integer.parseInt(timeText);
if (value >= 0 && value <= 59) {
// Pad out the value as required
text = pad(value, 2);
isAcceptable = true;
}
}
if (isAcceptable) {
super.replace(fb, offset, length, text, attrs);
}
} catch (NumberFormatException exp) {
}
}
}
}
And the abstract parent class...
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.FocusTraversalPolicy;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.FocusAdapter;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.FocusListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.ActionMap;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.border.CompoundBorder;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
public abstract class AbstractTimeField extends JPanel {
private DocumentFilter minDocumentFilter;
private FocusListener hourFocusHandler;
private FocusListener minuteFocusHandler;
private JTextField hourField;
private JTextField minuteField;
private JPanel pnlFields;
private List<JComponent> focusOrder;
public AbstractTimeField() {
initUI();
installKeyBindings();
}
protected void initUI() {
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
add(getTimeFieldsPanel(), gbc);
}
protected void installKeyBindings() {
JTextField hourField = getHourField();
installKeyBinding(
hourField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON, KeyEvent.SHIFT_DOWN_MASK),
"toMinuteField",
new MoveFocusForward());
installKeyBinding(
hourField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0),
"afterHourArrow",
new MoveFieldFocusForward(hourField, true));
installKeyBinding(
hourField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD6, 0),
"afterHourKeyPad",
new MoveFieldFocusForward(hourField, false));
JTextField minuteField = getMinuteField();
installKeyBinding(
minuteField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0),
"beforeMinuteArrow",
new MoveFieldFocusBackward(minuteField, true));
installKeyBinding(
minuteField,
JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED,
KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_NUMPAD4, 0),
"beforeMinuteKeyPad",
new MoveFieldFocusBackward(minuteField, false));
}
protected JPanel getTimeFieldsPanel() {
if (pnlFields == null) {
pnlFields = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
pnlFields.setBorder(new CompoundBorder(UIManager.getBorder("TextField.border"), new EmptyBorder(0, 2, 0, 2)));
pnlFields.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("TextField.background"));
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
for (JComponent field : getTimeFields()) {
field.setBorder(null);
pnlFields.add(field, gbc);
gbc.gridx++;
}
}
return pnlFields;
}
protected JComponent[] getTimeFields() {
return new JComponent[]{
getHourField(),
new JLabel(":"),
getMinuteField()
};
}
protected List<JComponent> initFocusTransveralOrder() {
List<JComponent> focusOrder = new ArrayList<>(3);
focusOrder.add(getHourField());
focusOrder.add(getMinuteField());
return focusOrder;
}
protected List<JComponent> getFocusTraversalOrder() {
if (focusOrder == null) {
focusOrder = initFocusTransveralOrder();
}
return focusOrder;
}
protected int getHourFocusForwardLength() {
return 2;
}
protected int getMinuteFocusForwardLength() {
return 2;
}
protected JTextField createHourField() {
JTextField hourField = new JTextField(2);
((AbstractDocument) hourField.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(getHourDocumentFilter());
hourField.addFocusListener(getHourFocusHandler());
hourField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
hourField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new MoveFocusForwardHandler(hourField, getHourFocusForwardLength()));
return hourField;
}
public JTextField getHourField() {
if (hourField == null) {
hourField = createHourField();
}
return hourField;
}
protected JTextField createMinuteField() {
JTextField minuteField = new JTextField(2);
((AbstractDocument) minuteField.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(getMinuteDocumentFilter());
minuteField.addFocusListener(getMinuteFocusHandler());
minuteField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
minuteField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new MoveFocusForwardHandler(hourField, getMinuteFocusForwardLength()));
return minuteField;
}
public int getHour() throws NumberFormatException {
return getFieldValue(getHourField());
}
public int getMinute() throws NumberFormatException {
return getFieldValue(getMinuteField());
}
protected int getFieldValue(JTextComponent field) throws NumberFormatException {
return Integer.parseInt(field.getText());
}
public void setHour(int hour) {
setFieldValue(getHourField(), hour, 2);
}
public void setMinute(int minute) {
setFieldValue(getMinuteField(), minute, 2);
}
protected void setFieldValue(JTextComponent field, int value, int padding) {
String text = pad(value, padding);
field.setText(text);
}
public JTextField getMinuteField() {
if (minuteField == null) {
minuteField = createMinuteField();
}
return minuteField;
}
/**
* Returns the document filter used to filter the hour field
*
* @return
*/
protected abstract DocumentFilter getHourDocumentFilter();
/**
* Returns the document filter user to filter the minute field
*
* @return
*/
protected DocumentFilter getMinuteDocumentFilter() {
if (minDocumentFilter == null) {
minDocumentFilter = new MinuteDocumentFilter();
}
return minDocumentFilter;
}
/**
* Returns the focus listener used to monitor the hour field
*
* @return
*/
protected FocusListener getHourFocusHandler() {
if (hourFocusHandler == null) {
hourFocusHandler = new HourFocusHandler();
}
return hourFocusHandler;
}
/**
* Used the focus listener used to monitor the minute field
*
* @return
*/
protected FocusListener getMinuteFocusHandler() {
if (minuteFocusHandler == null) {
minuteFocusHandler = new MinuteFocusHandler();
}
return minuteFocusHandler;
}
public static String pad(long lValue, int iMinLength) {
return pad(Long.toString(lValue), 2);
}
public static String pad(int iValue, int iMinLength) {
return pad(Integer.toString(iValue), iMinLength);
}
public static String pad(String sValue, int iMinLength) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(iMinLength);
sb.append(sValue);
while (sb.length() < iMinLength) {
sb.insert(0, "0");
}
return sb.toString();
}
protected void hourFieldLostFocus(FocusEvent evt) {
if (!evt.isTemporary()) {
String text = getHourField().getText();
if (text.length() < 2) {
text = pad(text, 2);
getHourField().setText(text);
}
}
}
protected void minuteFieldLostFocus(FocusEvent evt) {
if (!evt.isTemporary()) {
String text = getMinuteField().getText();
if (text.length() < 2) {
getMinuteField().setText(text + "0");
}
}
}
protected void installKeyBinding(JComponent field, int condition, KeyStroke keyStroke, String name, Action action) {
InputMap im = field.getInputMap(condition);
im.put(keyStroke, name);
ActionMap am = field.getActionMap();
am.put(name, action);
}
protected void moveFocusToNextField(JComponent parent) {
List<JComponent> order = getFocusTraversalOrder();
Component current = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner();
if (current == parent) {
int index = order.indexOf(current);
if (index != -1) {
if (index == order.size() - 1) {
transferFocus();
} else {
JComponent next = order.get(index + 1);
next.requestFocusInWindow();
}
} else {
transferFocus();
}
}
}
protected void moveFocusToPreviousField(JComponent parent) {
List<JComponent> order = getFocusTraversalOrder();
Component current = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner();
if (current == parent) {
int index = order.indexOf(current);
if (index != -1) {
if (index == 0) {
transferFocusBackward();
} else {
JComponent previous = order.get(index - 1);
previous.requestFocusInWindow();
}
} else {
transferFocusBackward();
}
}
}
protected abstract class AbstractFocusHandler extends FocusAdapter {
@Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
if (e.getComponent() instanceof JTextComponent) {
JTextComponent field = (JTextComponent) e.getComponent();
field.selectAll();
}
}
}
/**
* Hour field focus handler. This watches for focus lost events a automatically pads the field with a leading "0" if the field is only 1 character in length
*/
protected class HourFocusHandler extends AbstractFocusHandler {
@Override
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
hourFieldLostFocus(e);
}
}
/**
* Minute field focus handler, watches for focus lost events and automatically adds a "0" to the end of the field if it is only 1 character in length
*/
protected class MinuteFocusHandler extends AbstractFocusHandler {
@Override
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
minuteFieldLostFocus(e);
}
}
protected class MoveFocusForwardHandler implements DocumentListener {
private JTextComponent parent;
private int maxLength;
public MoveFocusForwardHandler(JTextComponent parent, int maxLength) {
this.parent = parent;
this.maxLength = maxLength;
}
public int getMaxLength() {
return maxLength;
}
public JTextComponent getParent() {
return parent;
}
@Override
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
documentChanged(e);
}
@Override
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
documentChanged(e);
}
@Override
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
documentChanged(e);
}
protected void documentChanged(DocumentEvent e) {
if (getMaxLength() > 0) {
if (e.getDocument().getLength() >= getMaxLength()) {
moveFocusToNextField(getParent());
}
}
}
}
/**
* The document filter used to filter the minute field.
*/
protected class MinuteDocumentFilter extends DocumentFilter {
@Override
public void insertString(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, String text, AttributeSet attr) throws BadLocationException {
super.insertString(fb, offset, text, attr);
}
@Override
public void replace(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fb, int offset, int length, String text, AttributeSet attrs) throws BadLocationException {
try {
boolean isAcceptable = false;
// How long is the text been added
int strLength = text.length();
// Convert the value to an integer now and save us the hassel
int value = Integer.parseInt(text);
// If the length is only 1, probably a new character has been added
if (strLength == 1) {
// The valid range of values we can accept
int upperRange = 9;
int lowerRange = 0;
if (offset == 0) {
// If we are at the first edit position, we can only accept values
// from 0-5 (50 minutes that is)
upperRange = 5;
}
// Is the value acceptable..
if (value >= lowerRange && value <= upperRange) {
isAcceptable = true;
}
} else {
// Basically, we are going to trim the value down to at max 2 characters
// Need to know at what offest...
// 2 - offset..
// offset == 0, length = 2 - offset = 2
// offset == 1, length = 2 - offset = 1
strLength = 2 - offset;
String timeText = text.substring(offset, strLength);
value = Integer.parseInt(timeText);
if (value >= 0 && value <= 59) {
// Pad out the value as required
text = pad(value, 2);
isAcceptable = true;
}
}
if (isAcceptable) {
super.replace(fb, offset, length, text, attrs);
if (fb.getDocument().getLength() == 2) {
moveFocusToNextField(getMinuteField());
}
}
} catch (NumberFormatException exp) {
}
}
}
public class TimeFocusTraversalPolicy
extends FocusTraversalPolicy {
private List<Component> order;
public TimeFocusTraversalPolicy(List<Component> order) {
this.order = new ArrayList<>(order.size());
this.order.addAll(order);
}
@Override
public Component getComponentAfter(Container focusCycleRoot,
Component aComponent) {
int idx = (order.indexOf(aComponent) + 1) % order.size();
return order.get(idx);
}
@Override
public Component getComponentBefore(Container focusCycleRoot,
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