Class JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:: DefaultFormatterFactory

Enclosing class:: JFormattedTextField

public abstract static class JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory extends Object

Instances of AbstractFormatterFactory are used by JFormattedTextField to obtain instances of AbstractFormatter which in turn are used to format values. AbstractFormatterFactory can return different AbstractFormatters based on the state of the JFormattedTextField, perhaps returning different AbstractFormatters when the JFormattedTextField has focus vs when it doesn't have focus.

Since:: 1.4

Constructor Summary

AbstractFormatterFactory()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter`	`getFormatter(JFormattedTextField tf)`	Returns an `AbstractFormatter` that can handle formatting of the passed in `JFormattedTextField`.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AbstractFormatterFactory

protected AbstractFormatterFactory()

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Details

getFormatter

public abstract JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter getFormatter(JFormattedTextField tf)

Returns an AbstractFormatter that can handle formatting of the passed in JFormattedTextField.

Parameters:: tf - JFormattedTextField requesting AbstractFormatter
Returns:: AbstractFormatter to handle formatting duties, a null return value implies the JFormattedTextField should behave like a normal JTextField

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