How to implement documentlistener

Question

I have created some textfields from which i want to use the user-input. I have read that i should use a documentlistener, but i have some difficulty implementing it the right place i think.

In the code i am trying to implement it to the textfield tf1. The input im should get is to be parsed to a double so i can do some math calculation on it.

Here is my code where i try to implement it.

import java.awt.ComponentOrientation;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent;
import javax.swing.event.DocumentListener;


public class Display {
final static boolean shouldFill = true;
final static boolean shouldWeightX = true;
final static boolean RIGHT_TO_LEFT = false;

public static void addComponentsToPane(Container pane) {

    if (RIGHT_TO_LEFT) {
        pane.setComponentOrientation(ComponentOrientation.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);
    }
    JButton button;
    JLabel label;

    pane.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
    GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
    if (shouldFill) {
    //natural height, maximum width
    c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
    }
    if (shouldWeightX) {
    c.weightx = 0.5;
    }

    ...

    button = new JButton("Value Bet");
    c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
    c.ipady = 0;
    c.gridx = 0;
    c.gridy = 1;
    pane.add(button, c);
    button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
            //Execute when button is pressed
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Value Bet");
            frame.setVisible(true);
            frame.setSize(500,300);
            GridBagLayout layout = new GridBagLayout();
            frame.setLayout(layout);
            GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();

            JLabel label;
            JTextField tf;

            if (shouldFill) {
            //natural height, maximum width
            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            }
            if (shouldWeightX) {
            c.weightx = 0.5;
            }

            ...

            final JTextField tf1 = new JTextField();
            c.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
            c.gridx = 1;
            c.gridy = 2;
            frame.add(tf1, c);

            tf1.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocHandler(){
                public class DocHandler implements DocumentListener{

                    @Override
                    public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent arg0) {
                        tfHasChanged();

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent arg0) {
                        tfHasChanged();

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent arg0) {
                        tfHasChanged();

                    }

                }

                public void tfHasChanged(){
                    double chance1 = Double.parseDouble(tf1.getText());
                }
            });      

            ... div components


}

 private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Betting Application");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Set up the content pane.
        addComponentsToPane(frame.getContentPane());

        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

 public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

Erector

I recommend you drop this entire approach and use a modal dialog as I recommended in my answer to your last question. Or for best help, at least explain why you do not wish to take that approach. – Wootan

For better help sooner, post an SSCCE. – Wootan

Answer 1

For Numbers you have to implementing DocumentFilter or directly to use JFormattedTextField with Number formatter

then possible way (block executions) codelines

formatter.setMinimum(0.0);
formatter.setMaximum(1000.00);

and add some formulas for textField1, for example textField1 equals value from textField2 e.g.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.math.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.text.InternationalFormatter;

public class DocumentListenerAdapter {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("AbstractTextField Test");
        final JFormattedTextField textField1 = new JFormattedTextField(new Float(10.01));
        textField1.setFormatterFactory(new AbstractFormatterFactory() {

            @Override
            public AbstractFormatter getFormatter(JFormattedTextField tf) {
                NumberFormat format = DecimalFormat.getInstance();
                format.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
                format.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);
                format.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
                InternationalFormatter formatter = new InternationalFormatter(format);
                formatter.setAllowsInvalid(false);
                formatter.setMinimum(0.0);
                formatter.setMaximum(1000.00);
                return formatter;
            }
        });
        final Map attributes = (new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 16)).getAttributes();
        attributes.put(TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH, TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH_ON);
        final JFormattedTextField textField2 = new JFormattedTextField(new Float(10.01));
        textField2.setFormatterFactory(new AbstractFormatterFactory() {

            @Override
            public AbstractFormatter getFormatter(JFormattedTextField tf) {
                NumberFormat format = DecimalFormat.getInstance();
                format.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
                format.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);
                format.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
                InternationalFormatter formatter = new InternationalFormatter(format);
                formatter.setAllowsInvalid(false);
                //formatter.setMinimum(0.0);
                //formatter.setMaximum(1000.00);
                return formatter;
            }
        });
        textField2.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {

            @Override
            public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
                printIt(documentEvent);
            }

            @Override
            public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
                printIt(documentEvent);
            }

            @Override
            public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
                printIt(documentEvent);
            }

            private void printIt(DocumentEvent documentEvent) {
                DocumentEvent.EventType type = documentEvent.getType();
                double t1a1 = (((Number) textField2.getValue()).doubleValue());
                if (t1a1 > 1000) {
                    Runnable doRun = new Runnable() {

                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            textField2.setFont(new Font(attributes));
                            textField2.setForeground(Color.red);
                        }
                    };
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doRun);
                } else {
                    Runnable doRun = new Runnable() {

                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            textField2.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 16));
                            textField2.setForeground(Color.black);
                        }
                    };
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(doRun);
                }
            }
        });
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.add(textField1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        frame.add(textField2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.pack();
    }

    private DocumentListenerAdapter() {
    }
}

Edva

Given "Value Bet" I keep thinking the best component would be a JSpinner with a NumberModel - but then the OP seems to be ignoring me. :) – Wootan

@Andrew Thompson sure BNI, my bad by default I never to checking askers userprofiles, that's to protecting my mental healt :-) – Edva

I don't generally check profiles, just when I have an overpowering sense of Déjà vu ( oh, and don't get excited, those funny little acutes are probably correct because I copy/pasted Déjà vu from Wikipedia ;). – Wootan

Answer 2

if tf1 is a text field then do,Document Listener implements 3 methods like changedUpdate,insertUpdate,removeUpdate

tf1.getDocument().addDocumentListener(new DocumentListener() {

    @Override
        public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e){

                              //do some math
                               tf1.getText(); 
                                   }

        @Override
        public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {

                                  /do some math
                               tf1.getText(); 
        }

        @Override
        public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
});    

Heti