Class 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:
DateFormat

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateFormatter()

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

Returns a DateFormatter configured with the specified Format instance.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method and Description
void setFormat(DateFormat format)

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

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.InternationalFormatter

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

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatter

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

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter

getFormattedTextField, invalidEdit, setEditValid, uninstall

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructors

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

Methods

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

© 1993, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Documentation extracted from Debian's OpenJDK Development Kit package.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
Various third party code in OpenJDK is licensed under different licenses (see Debian package).
Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/swing/text/DateFormatter.html