Document: getText(int offset, int length)
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import javax.swing.InputVerifier;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.Document;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTextField nameTextField = new JTextField();
frame.add(nameTextField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(new JTextField(), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
DocumentListener documentListener = new DocumentListener() {
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
printIt(documentEvent);
}
public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
printIt(documentEvent);
}
public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
printIt(documentEvent);
}
private void printIt(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
DocumentEvent.EventType type = documentEvent.getType();
String typeString = null;
if (type.equals(DocumentEvent.EventType.CHANGE)) {
typeString = "Change";
} else if (type.equals(DocumentEvent.EventType.INSERT)) {
typeString = "Insert";
} else if (type.equals(DocumentEvent.EventType.REMOVE)) {
typeString = "Remove";
}
System.out.print("Type : " + typeString + " / ");
Document source = documentEvent.getDocument();
int length = source.getLength();
try {
System.out.println("Contents: " + source.getText(0, length));
} catch (BadLocationException badLocationException) {
System.out.println("Contents: Unknown");
}
}
};
nameTextField.getDocument().addDocumentListener(documentListener);
frame.setSize(250, 100);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
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