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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
//package org.eclipse.swt.snippets;
/*
 * Text example snippet: use a regular expression to verify input
 * In this case a phone number is used.
 * 
 * For a list of all SWT example snippets see
 * http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
 */
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

public class TextVerifyInputRegularExpression {
    /*
     * Phone numbers follow the rule
     * [(][1-9][1-9][1-9][)][1-9][1-9][1-9][-][1-9][1-9][1-9][1-9]
     */
    private static final String REGEX = "[(]\\d{3}[)]\\d{3}[-]\\d{4}"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    private static final String template = "(###)###-####"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    private static final String defaultText = "(000)000-0000"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Display display = new Display();
        Shell shell = new Shell(display);
        shell.setLayout(new GridLayout());
        final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER);
        Font font = new Font(display, "Courier New", 10, SWT.NONE); //$NON-NLS-1$
        text.setFont(font);
        text.setText(template);
        text.addListener(SWT.Verify, new Listener() {
            // create the pattern for verification
            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);

            // ignore event when caused by inserting text inside event handler
            boolean ignore;

            public void handleEvent(Event e) {
                if (ignore)
                    return;
                e.doit = false;
                if (e.start > 13 || e.end > 14)
                    return;
                StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(e.text);

                // handle backspace
                if (e.character == '\b') {
                    for (int i = e.start; i < e.end; i++) {
                        // skip over separators
                        switch (i) {
                        case 0:
                            if (e.start + 1 == e.end) {
                                return;
                            } else {
                                buffer.append('(');
                            }
                            break;
                        case 4:
                            if (e.start + 1 == e.end) {
                                buffer.append(new char[] { '#', ')' });
                                e.start--;
                            } else {
                                buffer.append(')');
                            }
                            break;
                        case 8:
                            if (e.start + 1 == e.end) {
                                buffer.append(new char[] { '#', '-' });
                                e.start--;
                            } else {
                                buffer.append('-');
                            }
                            break;
                        default:
                            buffer.append('#');
                        }
                    }
                    text.setSelection(e.start, e.start + buffer.length());
                    ignore = true;
                    text.insert(buffer.toString());
                    ignore = false;
                    // move cursor backwards over separators
                    if (e.start == 5 || e.start == 9)
                        e.start--;
                    text.setSelection(e.start, e.start);
                    return;
                }

                StringBuffer newText = new StringBuffer(defaultText);
                char[] chars = e.text.toCharArray();
                int index = e.start - 1;
                for (int i = 0; i < e.text.length(); i++) {
                    index++;
                    switch (index) {
                    case 0:
                        if (chars[i] == '(')
                            continue;
                        index++;
                        break;
                    case 4:
                        if (chars[i] == ')')
                            continue;
                        index++;
                        break;
                    case 8:
                        if (chars[i] == '-')
                            continue;
                        index++;
                        break;
                    }
                    if (index >= newText.length())
                        return;
                    newText.setCharAt(index, chars[i]);
                }
                // if text is selected, do not paste beyond range of selection
                if (e.start < e.end && index + 1 != e.end)
                    return;
                Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(newText);
                if (matcher.lookingAt()) {
                    text.setSelection(e.start, index + 1);
                    ignore = true;
                    text.insert(newText.substring(e.start, index + 1));
                    ignore = false;
                }
            }
        });

        shell.pack();
        shell.open();
        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch())
                display.sleep();
        }
        font.dispose();
        display.dispose();
    }
}