Java tutorial
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); } }