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/*
Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
Copyright (C) 2000 Blacksmith, Inc.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
*/

package net.wotonomy.ui.swing.components;

import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.JTextField;

/**
 * SmartTextField is an abstract class for that allows the text field to
 * intelligently analyze the user's input in real-time. As the user enters
 * keystrokes, the generated string is analyzed to determine if the new string
 * is valid based on the criteria of the concrete classes that extend this
 * class. An invalid keystroke is rejected and not displayed in the text field.
 * This class can be extended to to create smart text fields that only accept
 * integers or floating points number or alphabetic strings of maximum length.
 * These are several examples.
 *
 * @author rob@straylight.princeton.com
 * @author $Author: cgruber $
 * @version $Revision: 904 $
 */
public abstract class SmartTextField extends JTextField {

	/*******************************
	 * CONSTANTS
	 *******************************/
	private static final int BACKSPACE = 8;
	private static final int DELETE = 127;
	private static final int SPACE = 32;
	private static final int DASH = 45;
	private static final int UNDERSCORE = 95;
	private static final int PERIOD = 46;
	private static final int PASTE = 22; // Ctl-V

	/*******************************
	 * PUBLIC METHODS
	 *******************************/

	/**
	 * This method processes a key event. This event is generated by input from the
	 * keyboard when this text field has the focus. This method is called for every
	 * key that is pressed and released on the keyboard. This includes modifier keys
	 * like the shift and alt keys. This class looks at the key and determines if
	 * the key is valid input given the restrictions of the concrete sub-classes.
	 * <BR>
	 * <BR>
	 * Example - A smart text field only allows alphabetic characters. If the key
	 * pressed is a "2" then this method will determine that the key is invalid and
	 * "consume" the key event. <BR>
	 * <BR>
	 * Note - Every printable character has a "TYPED" key event. Currentlt under
	 * Java 1.2.1 this does not happen. Bug 4186905 relating this bug has been fixed
	 * and is awaiting release.
	 * 
	 * @param e A key event generated by a keyboard action.
	 */
	public void processKeyEvent(KeyEvent e) {
		String currentText = "";
		String testString = "";
		char newChar = e.getKeyChar();
		int currentLength = 0;
		int selectionStart = 0;
		int selectionEnd = 0;
		int endOfHead = 0;
		int startOfTail = 0;
		boolean backspace = false;
		boolean delete = false;
		boolean paste = false;
		boolean insertionPoint = false;
		boolean selectionAtStart = false;
		boolean selectionAtEnd = false;

		backspace = (newChar == BACKSPACE);
		delete = (newChar == DELETE);
		paste = (newChar == PASTE);

		if ((e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_UNDEFINED) || ((backspace) || (delete) || (paste))) // A "key-typed" event
		{
			if (isValidCharacter(newChar)) {

				if ((isPrintableCharacter(newChar)) || (backspace) || (delete) || (paste)) {
					// Analyze the current contents of the field
					currentText = getText();
					currentLength = currentText.length();

					selectionStart = getSelectionStart();
					selectionEnd = getSelectionEnd();

					insertionPoint = (selectionStart == selectionEnd);
					selectionAtStart = (selectionStart == 0);
					selectionAtEnd = (selectionEnd >= currentLength);
					if (selectionEnd > currentLength) {
						setSelectionEnd(currentLength);
					}

					// Generate new string
					if (selectionStart > 0) // Create head of test string
					{
						endOfHead = selectionStart;
						if (insertionPoint && backspace) {
							endOfHead -= 1;
						}
						testString += currentText.substring(0, endOfHead);
					}

					if (!(backspace || delete || paste)) // Add the new character
					{
						testString += newChar;
					}

					if (paste) // Add the string from the clipboard
					{
						Transferable data = getToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getContents(this);
						if (data != null) {
							try {
								String clipString = (String) data.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
								testString += clipString;
							} catch (java.io.IOException ioe) {
								// Do nothing
							} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ufe) {
								// Do nothing
							}
						}
					}

					if (selectionEnd < currentLength) // Add the tail of the string
					{
						startOfTail = selectionEnd;
						if (insertionPoint && delete) {
							startOfTail += 1;
						}
						testString += currentText.substring(startOfTail);
					}

				}

				if (testString.compareTo("") != 0) // Null string is OK
				{
					if (!(isValidString(testString))) {
						e.consume();
					}
				}
			} else {
				e.consume();
			}
		}
		super.processKeyEvent(e);

		postProcessing();
	}

	/*******************************
	 * PROTECTED METHODS
	 *******************************/

	/**
	 * Default constructor for this class. The initial text of the smart text field
	 * can be specified as well as the size (in characters) of the text field.
	 * 
	 * @param text    The initial string that is displayed in the text field.
	 * @param columns THe width of the text field in characters.
	 */
	protected SmartTextField(String text, int columns) {
		super(text, columns);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns whether a character is valid for this text field. As the user types
	 * from the keyboard, this method is called to determine if the character is a
	 * valid character based in the restrictions of the subclass.
	 * 
	 * @param aChar A character to perform the validity test with.
	 * @return True if the character is valid for this subclassed text field. <BR>
	 *         False is the character is not valid.
	 */
	abstract protected boolean isValidCharacter(char aChar);

	/**
	 * Returns whether a string is valid for this text field. As the user types from
	 * the keyboard, this method is called to determine if the new string in the
	 * text field is valid based upon the restriction of the subclass. This is done
	 * after the character has been determined to be valid since there can be
	 * restrictions placed on the text string as a whole, such a maximum length or
	 * date format.
	 * 
	 * @param aString The string to perform the validity check with.
	 * @return True if the string is valid for this subclassed text field. <BR>
	 *         False if the character is not valud.
	 */
	abstract protected boolean isValidString(String aString);

	/**
	 * This method is used by the any subclass that need to complete any processing
	 * of the text string in the text field after all the requirement checks have
	 * been performed.
	 */
	abstract protected void postProcessing();

	/*******************************
	 * PRIVATE METHODS
	 *******************************/

	private boolean isPrintableCharacter(char inputChar) {
		if ((inputChar >= ' ') && (inputChar <= '~')) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

}