java.awt
Class TextField

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.Component
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        +--java.awt.TextComponent
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              +--java.awt.TextField

All Implemented Interfaces:

Accessible, java.awt.image.ImageObserver, MenuContainer, Serializable

public class TextField

extends TextComponent

Unsafe:

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

(package private) ActionListener	actionListener
private static String	base
(package private) int	columns The number of columns in the text field.
(package private) char	echoChar The echo character, which is used when the user wishes to disguise the characters typed into the text field.
private static int	nameCounter
private static long	serialVersionUID
private int	textFieldSerializedDataVersion The textField Serialized Data Version.

Fields inherited from class java.awt.TextComponent

backgroundSetByClientCode, editable, selectionEnd, selectionStart, text, textListener

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

accessibleContext, actionListenerK, adjustmentListenerK, appContext, background, BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, bufferStrategy, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, componentListener, componentListenerK, componentOrientation, containerListenerK, cursor, dropTarget, enabled, eventMask, focusListener, focusListenerK, focusTraversalKeys, font, foreground, graphicsConfig, height, hierarchyBoundsListener, hierarchyBoundsListenerK, hierarchyListener, hierarchyListenerK, ignoreRepaint, incRate, inputMethodListener, inputMethodListenerK, isInc, isPacked, itemListenerK, keyListener, keyListenerK, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, locale, LOCK, metrics, minSize, mouseListener, mouseListenerK, mouseMotionListener, mouseMotionListenerK, mouseWheelListener, mouseWheelListenerK, newEventsOnly, ownedWindowK, parent, peer, peerFont, popups, prefSize, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, textListenerK, TOP_ALIGNMENT, valid, visible, width, windowClosingException, windowFocusListenerK, windowListenerK, windowStateListenerK, x, y

Constructor Summary

TextField()
Suppressed: Constructs a new text field.

TextField(int columns)
Suppressed: Constructs a new empty text field with the specified number of columns.

TextField(String text)
Suppressed: Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text.

TextField(String text, int columns)
Suppressed: Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text to be displayed, and wide enough to hold the specified number of columns.

Method Summary

void	addActionListener(ActionListener l) Suppressed: Adds the specified action listener to receive action events from this text field.
void	addNotify() Suppressed: Creates the TextField's peer.
(package private) String	constructComponentName() Construct a name for this component.
boolean	echoCharIsSet() Suppressed: Indicates whether or not this text field has a character set for echoing.
(package private) boolean	eventEnabled(AWTEvent e)
AccessibleContext	getAccessibleContext() Suppressed: Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextField.
ActionListener[]	getActionListeners() Suppressed: Returns an array of all the action listeners registered on this textfield.
int	getColumns() Suppressed: Gets the number of columns in this text field.
char	getEchoChar() Suppressed: Gets the character that is to be used for echoing.
EventListener[]	getListeners(Class listenerType) Suppressed: Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this TextField.
Dimension	getMinimumSize() Suppressed: Gets the minumum dimensions for this text field.
Dimension	getMinimumSize(int columns) Suppressed: Gets the minumum dimensions for a text field with the specified number of columns.
Dimension	getPreferredSize() Suppressed: Gets the preferred size of this text field.
Dimension	getPreferredSize(int columns) Suppressed: Gets the preferred size of this text field with the specified number of columns.
private static void	initIDs() Initialize JNI field and method ids
Dimension	minimumSize() Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize().
Dimension	minimumSize(int columns) Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize(int).
protected String	paramString() Returns a string representing the state of this TextField.
Dimension	preferredSize() Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize().
Dimension	preferredSize(int columns) Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize(int).
protected void	processActionEvent(ActionEvent e) Processes action events occurring on this text field by dispatching them to any registered ActionListener objects.
protected void	processEvent(AWTEvent e) Processes events on this text field.
private void	readObject(ObjectInputStream s) Read the ObjectInputStream and if it isn't null, add a listener to receive action events fired by the TextField.
void	removeActionListener(ActionListener l) Suppressed: Removes the specified action listener so that it no longer receives action events from this text field.
void	setColumns(int columns) Suppressed: Sets the number of columns in this text field.
void	setEchoChar(char c) Suppressed: Sets the echo character for this text field.
void	setEchoCharacter(char c) Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by setEchoChar(char).
void	setText(String t) Suppressed: Sets the text that is presented by this text component to be the specified text.
private void	writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s) Writes default serializable fields to stream.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.TextComponent

addTextListener, areInputMethodsEnabled, enableInputMethods, getBackground, getCaretPosition, getCharacterBounds, getIndexAtPoint, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart, getText, getTextListeners, isEditable, processTextEvent, removeNotify, removeTextListener, select, selectAll, setBackground, setCaretPosition, setEditable, setSelectionEnd, setSelectionStart

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, adjustListeningChildrenOnParent, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, autoProcessMouseWheel, autoTransferFocus, bounds, checkGD, checkImage, checkImage, checkWindowClosingException, clearCurrentFocusCycleRootOnHide, clearMostRecentFocusOwnerOnHide, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, containsFocus, countHierarchyMembers, createBufferStrategy, createBufferStrategy, createChildHierarchyEvents, createHierarchyEvents, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, deliverEvent, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, dispatchEventImpl, dispatchMouseWheelToAncestor, doLayout, enable, enable, enableEvents, eventTypeEnabled, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getAccessibleIndexInParent, getAccessibleStateSet, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getBackBuffer, getBounds, getBounds, getBufferStrategy, getColorModel, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys_NoIDCheck, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont_NoClientCode, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHeight, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen_NoTreeLock, getLocationOnScreen, getMaximumSize, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getNativeContainer, getParent_NoClientCode, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getSize, getToolkit, getToolkitImpl, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, hide, imageUpdate, initializeFocusTraversalKeys, inside, invalidate, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isEnabledImpl, isFocusable, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFocusTraversableOverridden, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isOpaque, isRecursivelyVisible, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, iterate, keyDown, keyUp, layout, lightweightPaint, lightweightPrint, list, list, list, list, list, locate, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, nextFocusHelper, numListening, paint, paintAll, paintHeavyweightComponents, postEvent, postsOldMouseEvents, prepareImage, prepareImage, print, printAll, printHeavyweightComponents, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusHelper, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resetGC, reshape, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeys_NoIDCheck, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setFont, setForeground, setGCFromPeer, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, setVisible, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle, update, updateCursorImmediately, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

columns

int columns

The number of columns in the text field. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent. Guaranteed to be non-negative.

See Also:

setColumns(), getColumns()

echoChar

char echoChar

The echo character, which is used when the user wishes to disguise the characters typed into the text field. The disguises are removed if echoChar = 0.

See Also:

getEchoChar(), setEchoChar(), echoCharIsSet()

actionListener

transient ActionListener actionListener

base

private static final String base

nameCounter

private static int nameCounter

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

textFieldSerializedDataVersion

private int textFieldSerializedDataVersion

The textField Serialized Data Version.

Constructor Detail

TextField

public TextField()
          throws HeadlessException

Suppressed: Constructs a new text field.

See Also:

java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless

TextField

public TextField(String text)
          throws HeadlessException

Suppressed: Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text.

Parameters:

text - the text to be displayed. If text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed.

See Also:

java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless

TextField

public TextField(int columns)
          throws HeadlessException

Suppressed: Constructs a new empty text field with the specified number of columns. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.

Parameters:

columns - the number of columns. If columns is less than 0, columns is set to 0.

See Also:

java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless

TextField

public TextField(String text,
                 int columns)
          throws HeadlessException

Suppressed: Constructs a new text field initialized with the specified text to be displayed, and wide enough to hold the specified number of columns. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.

Parameters:

text - the text to be displayed. If text is null, the empty string "" will be displayed.

columns - the number of columns. If columns is less than 0, columns is set to 0.

See Also:

java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless

Method Detail

initIDs

private static void initIDs()

Initialize JNI field and method ids

constructComponentName

String constructComponentName()

Construct a name for this component. Called by getName() when the name is null.

Overrides:

constructComponentName in class Component

addNotify

public void addNotify()

Suppressed: Creates the TextField's peer. The peer allows us to modify the appearance of the TextField without changing its functionality.

Overrides:

addNotify in class TextComponent

See Also:

java.awt.TextComponent#removeNotify

getEchoChar

public char getEchoChar()

Suppressed: Gets the character that is to be used for echoing.

An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password. If echoChar = 0, user input is echoed to the screen unchanged.

Returns:

the echo character for this text field.

See Also:

java.awt.TextField#echoCharIsSet, java.awt.TextField#setEchoChar

setEchoChar

public void setEchoChar(char c)

Suppressed: Sets the echo character for this text field.

An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password. Setting echoChar = 0 allows user input to be echoed to the screen again.

Parameters:

c - the echo character for this text field.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

java.awt.TextField#echoCharIsSet, java.awt.TextField#getEchoChar

setEchoCharacter

public void setEchoCharacter(char c)

Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by setEchoChar(char).

setText

public void setText(String t)

Suppressed: Sets the text that is presented by this text component to be the specified text.

Overrides:

setText in class TextComponent

Parameters:

t - the new text.

See Also:

java.awt.TextComponent#getText

echoCharIsSet

public boolean echoCharIsSet()

Suppressed: Indicates whether or not this text field has a character set for echoing.

An echo character is useful for text fields where user input should not be echoed to the screen, as in the case of a text field for entering a password.

Returns:

true if this text field has a character set for echoing; false otherwise.

See Also:

java.awt.TextField#setEchoChar, java.awt.TextField#getEchoChar

getColumns

public int getColumns()

Suppressed: Gets the number of columns in this text field. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.

Returns:

the number of columns.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

java.awt.TextField#setColumns

setColumns

public void setColumns(int columns)

Suppressed: Sets the number of columns in this text field. A column is an approximate average character width that is platform-dependent.

Parameters:

columns - the number of columns.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

java.awt.TextField#getColumns

getPreferredSize

public Dimension getPreferredSize(int columns)

Suppressed: Gets the preferred size of this text field with the specified number of columns.

Parameters:

columns - the number of columns in this text field.

Returns:

the preferred dimensions for displaying this text field.

Since:

JDK1.1

preferredSize

public Dimension preferredSize(int columns)

Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize(int).

getPreferredSize

public Dimension getPreferredSize()

Suppressed: Gets the preferred size of this text field.

Overrides:

getPreferredSize in class Component

Returns:

the preferred dimensions for displaying this text field.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Component.getMinimumSize(), LayoutManager

preferredSize

public Dimension preferredSize()

Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getPreferredSize().

Overrides:

preferredSize in class Component

getMinimumSize

public Dimension getMinimumSize(int columns)

Suppressed: Gets the minumum dimensions for a text field with the specified number of columns.

Parameters:

columns - the number of columns in this text field.

Since:

JDK1.1

minimumSize

public Dimension minimumSize(int columns)

Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize(int).

getMinimumSize

public Dimension getMinimumSize()

Suppressed: Gets the minumum dimensions for this text field.

Overrides:

getMinimumSize in class Component

Returns:

the minimum dimensions for displaying this text field.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

Component.getPreferredSize(), LayoutManager

minimumSize

public Dimension minimumSize()

Suppressed: @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by getMinimumSize().

Overrides:

minimumSize in class Component

addActionListener

public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)

Suppressed: Adds the specified action listener to receive action events from this text field. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

Parameters:

l - the action listener.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), getActionListeners(), java.awt.event.ActionListener

removeActionListener

public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)

Suppressed: Removes the specified action listener so that it no longer receives action events from this text field. If l is null, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.

Parameters:

l - the action listener.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), getActionListeners(), java.awt.event.ActionListener

getActionListeners

public ActionListener[] getActionListeners()

Suppressed: Returns an array of all the action listeners registered on this textfield.

Returns:

all of this textfield's ActionListeners or an empty array if no action listeners are currently registered

Since:

1.4

See Also:

addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener), java.awt.event#ActionListener

getListeners

public EventListener[] getListeners(Class listenerType)

Suppressed: Returns an array of all the objects currently registered as FooListeners upon this TextField. FooListeners are registered using the addFooListener method.

You can specify the listenerType argument with a class literal, such as FooListener.class. For example, you can query a TextField t for its action listeners with the following code:

ActionListener[] als = (ActionListener[])(t.getListeners(ActionListener.class));

If no such listeners exist, this method returns an empty array.

Overrides:

getListeners in class TextComponent

Parameters:

listenerType - the type of listeners requested; this parameter should specify an interface that descends from java.util.EventListener

Returns:

an array of all objects registered as FooListeners on this textfield, or an empty array if no such listeners have been added

Since:

1.3

See Also:

getActionListeners()

eventEnabled

boolean eventEnabled(AWTEvent e)

Overrides:

eventEnabled in class TextComponent

processEvent

protected void processEvent(AWTEvent e)

Processes events on this text field. If the event is an instance of ActionEvent, it invokes the processActionEvent method. Otherwise, it invokes processEvent on the superclass.

Note that if the event parameter is null the behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.

Overrides:

processEvent in class TextComponent

Parameters:

e - the event

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

java.awt.event.ActionEvent, java.awt.TextField#processActionEvent

processActionEvent

protected void processActionEvent(ActionEvent e)

Processes action events occurring on this text field by dispatching them to any registered ActionListener objects.

This method is not called unless action events are enabled for this component. Action events are enabled when one of the following occurs:

• An ActionListener object is registered via addActionListener.
• Action events are enabled via enableEvents.

Note that if the event parameter is null the behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.

Parameters:

e - the action event

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.awt.TextField#addActionListener, java.awt.Component#enableEvents

paramString

protected String paramString()

Returns a string representing the state of this TextField. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.

Overrides:

paramString in class TextComponent

Returns:

the parameter string of this text field

writeObject

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s)
                  throws IOException

Writes default serializable fields to stream. Writes a list of serializable ActionListener(s) as optional data. The non-serializable ActionListener(s) are detected and no attempt is made to serialize them.

IOException

See Also:

AWTEventMulticaster.save(ObjectOutputStream, String, EventListener), java.awt.Component.actionListenerK

readObject

private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException,
                        IOException,
                        HeadlessException

Read the ObjectInputStream and if it isn't null, add a listener to receive action events fired by the TextField. Unrecognized keys or values will be ignored.

ClassNotFoundException

IOException

HeadlessException

See Also:

removeActionListener(), addActionListener(), java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment#isHeadless

getAccessibleContext

public AccessibleContext getAccessibleContext()

Suppressed: Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextField. For text fields, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an AccessibleAWTTextField. A new AccessibleAWTTextField instance is created if necessary.

Specified by:

getAccessibleContext in interface Accessible

Overrides:

getAccessibleContext in class TextComponent

Returns:

an AccessibleAWTTextField that serves as the AccessibleContext of this TextField