ComboBoxDemo2.java Source code

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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class ComboBoxDemo2 extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
    static JFrame frame;

    JLabel result;

    String currentPattern;

    public ComboBoxDemo2() {
        setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        String[] patternExamples = { "dd MMMMM yyyy", "dd.MM.yy", "MM/dd/yy", "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z",
                "EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm:ss:SSS", "K:mm a,z", "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" };

        currentPattern = patternExamples[0];

        // Set up the UI for selecting a pattern.
        JLabel patternLabel1 = new JLabel("Enter the pattern string or");
        JLabel patternLabel2 = new JLabel("select one from the list:");

        JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox(patternExamples);
        patternList.setEditable(true);
        patternList.addActionListener(this);

        // Create the UI for displaying result.
        JLabel resultLabel = new JLabel("Current Date/Time", JLabel.LEADING); // ==
                                                                              // LEFT
        result = new JLabel(" ");
        result.setForeground(Color.black);
        result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black),
                BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5)));

        // Lay out everything.
        JPanel patternPanel = new JPanel();
        patternPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(patternPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel1);
        patternPanel.add(patternLabel2);
        patternList.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        patternPanel.add(patternList);

        JPanel resultPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
        resultPanel.add(resultLabel);
        resultPanel.add(result);

        patternPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);
        resultPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT);

        add(patternPanel);
        add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10)));
        add(resultPanel);

        setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));

        reformat();
    } // constructor

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        JComboBox cb = (JComboBox) e.getSource();
        String newSelection = (String) cb.getSelectedItem();
        currentPattern = newSelection;
        reformat();
    }

    /** Formats and displays today's date. */
    public void reformat() {
        Date today = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(currentPattern);
        try {
            String dateString = formatter.format(today);
            result.setForeground(Color.black);
            result.setText(dateString);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
            result.setForeground(Color.red);
            result.setText("Error: " + iae.getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
     * invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        // Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo2");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        // Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new ComboBoxDemo2();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); // content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        // Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        // creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}