Example usage for javax.swing.text MaskFormatter setOverwriteMode

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for javax.swing.text MaskFormatter setOverwriteMode.

Prototype

public void setOverwriteMode(boolean overwriteMode) 

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Configures the behavior when inserting characters.

Usage

From source file:Main.java

MaskFormatter createFormatter(String format) {
    MaskFormatter formatter = null;
    try {//from w w w. j a  va2s  .  c  o m
        formatter = new MaskFormatter(format);
        formatter.setPlaceholderCharacter('.'/*or '0' etc*/);
        formatter.setAllowsInvalid(false); // if needed
        formatter.setOverwriteMode(true); // if needed
    } catch (java.text.ParseException exc) {
        System.err.println("formatter is bad: " + exc.getMessage());
    }
    return formatter;
}

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