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/*
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter;

/**
 * A regular expression based implementation of AbstractFormatter.
 */
class RegexFormatter extends DefaultFormatter {
    private Pattern pattern;

    private Matcher matcher;

    public RegexFormatter() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter.
     * pattern specifies the regular expression that will be used
     * to determine if a value is legal.
     */
    public RegexFormatter(String pattern) throws PatternSyntaxException {
        this();
        setPattern(Pattern.compile(pattern));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a regular expression based AbstractFormatter.
     * pattern specifies the regular expression that will be used
     * to determine if a value is legal.
     */
    public RegexFormatter(Pattern pattern) {
        this();
        setPattern(pattern);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the pattern that will be used to determine if a value is legal.
     */
    public void setPattern(Pattern pattern) {
        this.pattern = pattern;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Pattern used to determine if a value is legal.
     */
    public Pattern getPattern() {
        return pattern;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the Matcher used in the most recent test if a value is
     * legal.
     */
    protected void setMatcher(Matcher matcher) {
        this.matcher = matcher;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Matcher from the most test.
     */
    protected Matcher getMatcher() {
        return matcher;
    }

    /**
     * Parses text returning an arbitrary Object. Some formatters
     * may return null.
     * 
     * If a Pattern has been specified and the text completely
     * matches the regular expression this will invoke setMatcher.
     * 
     * @throws ParseException
     *           if there is an error in the conversion
     * @param text
     *          String to convert
     * @return Object representation of text
     */
    public Object stringToValue(String text) throws ParseException {
        Pattern pattern = getPattern();

        if (pattern != null) {
            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);

            if (matcher.matches()) {
                setMatcher(matcher);
                return super.stringToValue(text);
            }
            throw new ParseException("Pattern did not match", 0);
        }
        return text;
    }
}

public class UsingRegexFormatter {

    public static void main(String[] a) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        JFormattedTextField formattedField = new JFormattedTextField(
                new RegexFormatter("\\(\\d{3}\\)\\d{3}-\\d{4}"));

        frame.add(formattedField, "North");

        frame.add(new JTextField(), "South");

        frame.setSize(300, 200);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

}