Java Swing JTextField - Only Numbers

Oliver Ni picture Oliver Ni · Dec 25, 2013 · Viewed 31.1k times · Source

I am making a small java Swing Applet that converts temperatures: TempConvert.java

Here is my code:

package swing;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

/** Celcius to Fahrenheit Converter
 * @version 1.0
 * @author Oliver Ni
 */

public class TempConvert extends JApplet{
    JLabel result;
    JRadioButton ctof;
    JRadioButton ftoc;
    JTextField deg;
    JLabel degLab;
    JButton convert;

    public void convert() {
        if (ctof.isSelected() == true) {
            result.setText("<html><br>" + Integer.toString(Integer.parseInt(deg.getText()) * 9 / 5 + 32) + "<sup>o</sup> F</html>");
        } else if (ftoc.isSelected() == true) {
            result.setText("<html><br>" + Integer.toString((Integer.parseInt(deg.getText()) - 32) * 5 / 9) + "<sup>o</sup> C</html>");
        } else {
            result.setText("<html><br>Error.</html>");
        }
    }

    public void makeApplet() {
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        ctof = new JRadioButton("Celcius to Fahrenheit");
        ftoc = new JRadioButton("Fahrenheit to Celcius");
        convert = new JButton("Convert");
        result = new JLabel("");
        ButtonGroup group = new ButtonGroup();
        group.add(ctof);
        group.add(ftoc);

        deg = new JTextField(10);
        degLab = new JLabel("<html><sup>o</sup></html>");
        convert.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                convert();
            }
        });
        add(ctof);
        add(ftoc);
        add(deg);
        add(degLab);
        add(convert);
        add(result);
    }

    public void init() {
        try {
            SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    makeApplet();
                }
            });
        } catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error loading because " + e);
        }
    }
}

I want to restrict the JTextField deg to only integers. Is there any way I can do that?

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer

Paul Samsotha picture Paul Samsotha · Dec 25, 2013

"I want to restrict the JTextField deg to only integers."

Try this. Use a Document Filter

((AbstractDocument) deg.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(new DocumentFilter() {
            Pattern regEx = Pattern.compile("\\d+");

            @Override
            public void replace(FilterBypass fb, int offset, int length, String text, AttributeSet attrs) throws BadLocationException {
                Matcher matcher = regEx.matcher(text);
                if (!matcher.matches()) {
                    return;
                }
                super.replace(fb, offset, length, text, attrs);
            }
        });