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Java » Swing Components » Data ValidationScreenshots 
how to provide input hints
how to provide input hints


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package com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.basics;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;

import javax.swing.*;

import com.jgoodies.binding.value.ValueHolder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.CellConstraints;
import com.jgoodies.forms.layout.FormLayout;
import com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.util.ExampleComponentFactory;
import com.jgoodies.validation.tutorial.util.TutorialUtils;
import com.jgoodies.validation.view.ValidationComponentUtils;
import com.jgoodies.validation.view.ValidationResultViewFactory;

/**
 * Demonstrates a style how to provide input hints, 
 * so that users can avoid entering invalid data.
 
 @author Karsten Lentzsch
 @version $Revision: 1.4 $
 */

public class InfoOnFocusExample {

    private JLabel infoLabel;
    private JTextArea infoArea;
    private JComponent infoAreaPane;

    private JTextField orderNoField;
    private JTextField orderDateField;
    private JTextField deliveryDateField;
    private JTextArea  deliveryNotesArea;
    

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticXPLookAndFeel");
        catch (Exception e) {
            // Likely Plastic is not in the classpath; ignore it.
        }
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        frame.setTitle("Basics :: Hints on Focus");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JComponent panel = new InfoOnFocusExample().buildPanel();
        frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
        frame.pack();
        TutorialUtils.locateOnScreenCenter(frame);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    
    // Component Creation and Initialization **********************************

    /**
     *  Creates and intializes the UI components.
     */
    private void initComponents() {
        orderNoField      = new JTextField();
        orderDateField    = ExampleComponentFactory.createDateField(new ValueHolder());
        deliveryDateField = ExampleComponentFactory.createDateField(new ValueHolder());
        deliveryNotesArea = new JTextArea();
    }
    
    
    private void initComponentAnnotations() {
        ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(orderNoField, "Mandatory, length in [5, 10]");
        ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(orderDateField, "Mandatory, before delivery date");
        ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(deliveryDateField, "After delivery date");
        ValidationComponentUtils.setInputHint(deliveryNotesArea, "Length <= 30");
    }
    

    private void initEventHandling() {
        KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager()
                .addPropertyChangeListener(new FocusChangeHandler());
    }

    
    
    // Building ***************************************************************

    /**
     * Builds and returns the whole editor.
     */
    public JComponent buildPanel() {
        initComponents();
        initComponentAnnotations();
        initEventHandling();
        
        FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(
                "fill:default:grow",
                "max(14dlu;pref), 6dlu, pref, 3dlu, pref");

        PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
        builder.setDefaultDialogBorder();

        CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
        builder.add(buildInfoAreaPane(), cc.xy(11));
        builder.addSeparator("Order",    cc.xy(13));
        builder.add(buildEditorPanel(),  cc.xy(15));
        return builder.getPanel();
    }
    
    private JComponent buildEditorPanel() {
        FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(
                "right:max(65dlu;pref), 4dlu, 40dlu, 2dlu, 40dlu, 80dlu:grow",
                "p, 3dlu, p, 3dlu, p, 3dlu, p, 2px")// extra bottom space for icons
        
        layout.setRowGroups(new int[][]{{1357}});
        PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
        CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
        
        builder.addLabel("Order No",             cc.xy  (11));
        builder.add(orderNoField,                cc.xyw (313));
        builder.addLabel("Order-/Delivery Date", cc.xy  (13));
        builder.add(orderDateField,              cc.xy  (33));
        builder.add(deliveryDateField,           cc.xy  (53));
        builder.addLabel("Notes",                cc.xy  (15));
        builder.add(new JScrollPane(deliveryNotesArea),
                                                 cc.xywh(3543));
        return builder.getPanel();
    }


    private JComponent buildInfoAreaPane() {
        infoLabel = new JLabel(ValidationResultViewFactory.getInfoIcon());
        infoArea = new JTextArea(138);
        infoArea.setEditable(false);
        infoArea.setOpaque(false);

        FormLayout layout = new FormLayout("pref, 2dlu, default""pref");
        PanelBuilder builder = new PanelBuilder(layout);
        CellConstraints cc = new CellConstraints();
        builder.add(infoLabel, cc.xy(11));
        builder.add(infoArea,  cc.xy(31));

        infoAreaPane = builder.getPanel();
        infoAreaPane.setVisible(false);
        return infoAreaPane;
    }


    // Validation Handler *****************************************************

    /**
     * Displays an input hint for components that get the focus permanently.
     */
    private class FocusChangeHandler implements PropertyChangeListener {

        public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
            String propertyName = evt.getPropertyName();
            if (!"permanentFocusOwner".equals(propertyName))
                return;

            Component focusOwner = KeyboardFocusManager
                    .getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner();

            String focusHint = (focusOwner instanceof JComponent)
                    (StringValidationComponentUtils
                            .getInputHint((JComponentfocusOwner)
                    null;

            infoArea.setText(focusHint);
            infoAreaPane.setVisible(focusHint != null);
        }
    }

}

           
       
validation.zip( 654 k)
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