FerGuy :
I'm trying to validate/filter my jtextbox wwith this Regex:
^(([A-za-z]+[\s]{1}[A-za-z]+)|([A-Za-z]+))$
I want to filter two names with one space.
Tried using keytyped
and keyreleased
, but it just does not work (won't let me write anything on the textbox) and e.consume()
does not work.
boolean StrCheck(String Exp,String str) {
return Pattern.matches(Exp,str);
}
@Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == jTextField) {
String regexp = "^(([A-za-z]+[\s]{1}[A-za-z]+)|([A-Za-z]+))$";
if (jTextField.getText().length() == 25) {
e.consume();
} if (StrCheck(regexp,jTextField.getText())){
}else {
e.consume();
}
I've been searching, but the only possible answer I got, was to create a Documentlistene BUT can't find any example or how actually do it and make it work.
George Z. :
Neither KeylListener
, neither DocumentListener
will work. In most of this kind of cases you would need to use a DocumentFilter. Before you do though, take a look on how to use formatted textfields. It might be enough for you. If it does not, this answer is what you are looking for.