DocumentFilter that maps lowercase letters to uppercase
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter;
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);
}
}
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