java.lang.Object
javax.swing.InputVerifier
public abstract class InputVerifier extends Object
This class provides the validation mechanism for Swing components. GUIs often
need to ensure that the components are in a valid state before allowing the
user to navigate the input focus. To do this, clients create a subclass of
InputVerifier
and, using JComponent
's
setInputVerifier
method, attach an instance of their subclass to
the JComponent
which is the source of the focus transfer operation.
The InputVerifier
also provides the possibility to validate against
the target of the focus transfer which may reject the focus.
Before focus is transferred from the source Swing component to the target
Swing component, the input verifier's
shouldYieldFocus(source, target)
method is called. Focus is
transferred only if that method returns
true
.
The following example has two text fields, with the first one expecting the string "pass" to be entered by the user. If either that string is entered in the first text field or the second text field contains "accept" string, then the user can advance focus to the second text field by clicking in it or by pressing TAB. However, if another string is entered in the first text field and the second text field does not contain "accept", then the user will be unable to transfer focus to the second text field.
import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; // This program demonstrates the use of the Swing InputVerifier class. // It creates two text fields; the first of the text fields expects the // string "pass" as input, and will allow focus to advance to the second text // field if either that string is typed in by the user or the second // field contains "accept" string. public class VerifierTest extends JFrame { public VerifierTest() { JTextField field1 = new JTextField("Type \"pass\" here"); JTextField field2 = new JTextField("or \"accept\" here"); getContentPane().add(field1, BorderLayout.NORTH); getContentPane().add(field2, BorderLayout.SOUTH); field1.setInputVerifier(new InputVerifier() { public boolean verify(JComponent input) { return "pass".equals(((JTextField) input).getText()); } public boolean verifyTarget(JComponent input) { return "accept".equals(((JTextField) input).getText()); } public boolean shouldYieldFocus(JComponent source, JComponent target) { return verify(source) || verifyTarget(target); } }); pack(); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(VerifierTest::new); } }
- Since:
- 1.3
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor Description InputVerifier()
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Method Summary
Modifier and Type Method Description boolean
shouldYieldFocus(JComponent input)
Deprecated.boolean
shouldYieldFocus(JComponent source, JComponent target)
Is called by Swing if thisInputVerifier
is assigned to thesource
Swing component to check whether the requested focus transfer from thesource
totarget
is allowed.abstract boolean
verify(JComponent input)
Checks whether the JComponent's input is valid.boolean
verifyTarget(JComponent target)
Checks whether the target JComponent that will be receiving the focus is ready to accept it.
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Constructor Details
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InputVerifier
public InputVerifier()
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Method Details
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verify
Checks whether the JComponent's input is valid. This method should have no side effects. It returns a boolean indicating the status of the argument's input.- Parameters:
input
- the JComponent to verify- Returns:
true
when valid,false
when invalid- See Also:
JComponent.setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier)
,JComponent.getInputVerifier()
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shouldYieldFocus
Deprecated.useshouldYieldFocus(JComponent, JComponent)
instead.Callsverify(input)
to ensure that the input is valid. This method can have side effects. In particular, this method is called when the user attempts to advance focus out of the argument component into another Swing component in this window. If this method returnstrue
, then the focus is transferred normally; if it returnsfalse
, then the focus remains in the argument component.- Parameters:
input
- the JComponent to verify- Returns:
true
when valid,false
when invalid- See Also:
JComponent.setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier)
,JComponent.getInputVerifier()
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verifyTarget
Checks whether the target JComponent that will be receiving the focus is ready to accept it. This method should be over-ridden only if it is necessary to validate the target of the focus transfer. This method should have no side effects. It returns a boolean indicating the status of the argument's input.- Implementation Requirements:
- By default this method returns
true
. - Parameters:
target
- the target JComponent to verify- Returns:
true
when valid,false
when invalid- Since:
- 9
- See Also:
JComponent.setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier)
,JComponent.getInputVerifier()
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shouldYieldFocus
Is called by Swing if thisInputVerifier
is assigned to thesource
Swing component to check whether the requested focus transfer from thesource
totarget
is allowed. This method can have side effects. If this method returnstrue
, then the focus is transferred normally; if it returnsfalse
, then the focus remains in the first argument component.- Implementation Requirements:
- The basic implementation of this method returns the conjunction
of results obtained from
verify(input)
andverifyTarget(input)
to ensure that both the source and the target components are in valid state. - Parameters:
source
- the source JComponent of the focus transfertarget
- the target JComponent of the focus transfer- Returns:
true
when valid,false
when invalid- Since:
- 9
- See Also:
JComponent.setInputVerifier(javax.swing.InputVerifier)
,JComponent.getInputVerifier()
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shouldYieldFocus(JComponent, JComponent)
instead.