Class DateFormatter

javax.swing.text.DateFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable

public class DateFormatter extends InternationalFormatter

DateFormatter is an InternationalFormatter that does its formatting by way of an instance of java.text.DateFormat.

Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. As of 1.4, support for long term storage of all JavaBeans has been added to the java.beans package. Please see XMLEncoder.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`DateFormatter()`	This is shorthand for `new DateFormatter(DateFormat.getDateInstance())`.
`DateFormatter(DateFormat format)`	Returns a DateFormatter configured with the specified `Format` instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`setFormat(DateFormat format)`	Sets the format that dictates the legal values that can be edited and displayed.

Methods declared in class InternationalFormatter

clone, getActions, getFields, getFormat, getMaximum, getMinimum, install, setFormat, setMaximum, setMinimum, stringToValue, valueToString

Methods declared in class DefaultFormatter

getAllowsInvalid, getCommitsOnValidEdit, getDocumentFilter, getNavigationFilter, getOverwriteMode, getValueClass, setAllowsInvalid, setCommitsOnValidEdit, setOverwriteMode, setValueClass

Methods declared in class JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter

getFormattedTextField, invalidEdit, setEditValid, uninstall

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter()

This is shorthand for new DateFormatter(DateFormat.getDateInstance()).

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter(DateFormat format)

Returns a DateFormatter configured with the specified Format instance.

Parameters:: format - Format used to dictate legal values

Method Details

setFormat

public void setFormat(DateFormat format)

Sets the format that dictates the legal values that can be edited and displayed.

If you have used the nullary constructor the value of this property will be determined for the current locale by way of the Dateformat.getDateInstance() method.

Parameters:: format - DateFormat instance used for converting from/to Strings

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