Java tutorial
import java.awt.GridLayout; import javax.swing.InputVerifier; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class MainClass { public static void main(String argv[]) { java.net.URL u = null; try { u = new java.net.URL("http://www.java2s.com/"); } catch (java.net.MalformedURLException ignored) { } JFormattedTextField ftf1 = new JFormattedTextField(u); JFormattedTextField ftf2 = new JFormattedTextField(u); ftf2.setInputVerifier(new InputVerifier() { public boolean verify(JComponent input) { if (!(input instanceof JFormattedTextField)) return true; return ((JFormattedTextField) input).isEditValid(); } }); JPanel p = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2, 3, 8)); p.add(new JLabel("plain JFormattedTextField:")); p.add(ftf1); p.add(new JLabel("FTF with InputVerifier:")); p.add(ftf2); p.add(new JLabel("plain JTextField:")); p.add(new JTextField(u.toString())); JFrame f = new JFrame("MainClass"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("Try to delete the colon in each field."), "North"); f.getContentPane().add(p, "Center"); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } }