To display 000-00-0000 in a SNN field, use '0' as a placeholder character for the mast formatter - Java Swing

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Description

To display 000-00-0000 in a SNN field, use '0' as a placeholder character for the mast formatter

Demo Code

import java.text.ParseException;

import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField;
import javax.swing.text.MaskFormatter;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    MaskFormatter ssnFormatter = null;
    JFormattedTextField ssnField = null;
    try {/*from   w  ww  .j  a v a2s .co m*/
      ssnFormatter = new MaskFormatter("###-##-####");
      ssnFormatter.setPlaceholderCharacter('0');

      ssnField = new JFormattedTextField(ssnFormatter);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

  }
}

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