Java Swing Text Format createFormattedDateField(DateFormat dfFormat, boolean bOverwriteMode)

Description

Create a date formatted text filed

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dfFormat	- DateFormatter for the field

Return

created JFormattedTextField object

Declaration

public static JFormattedTextField createFormattedDateField(DateFormat dfFormat, boolean bOverwriteMode) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;

import javax.swing.text.DateFormatter;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w w  .  j a  v a2 s  . c  o m
     * Create a date formatted text filed
     * @param dfFormat - DateFormatter for the field
     * @param  - enable or not transferring a focus on ENTER key events
     * 
     * @return created JFormattedTextField object
     *
     * @author Anton Nedbailo
     * @date 17.10.2013
     */
    public static JFormattedTextField createFormattedDateField(DateFormat dfFormat, boolean bOverwriteMode) {
        DateFormatter dfDateFormatter = new DateFormatter(dfFormat);
        dfDateFormatter.setValueClass(Date.class);
        dfDateFormatter.setOverwriteMode(bOverwriteMode);
        // If you want the value to be committed on each keystroke instead of focus lost
        dfDateFormatter.setCommitsOnValidEdit(true);
        JFormattedTextField ftfResult = new JFormattedTextField(dfDateFormatter);
        //contract from
        return ftfResult;
    }
}

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