org.tbee.swing
Class AutoCompleter

java.lang.Object
  org.tbee.swing.AutoCompleter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AutoCompleter.FileAutoCompleter, AutoCompleter.ListAutoCompleter

public abstract class AutoCompleter
extends java.lang.Object

This class adds autocompletion on a JTextField. Some implementations are available as inner classes o.a. ListAutoCompleter. Example: lJTextField = new JTextField(20); new ListAutoCompleter(lJTextField, Arrays.asList(new String[] { "JFC", "JSF", "JSP", "JAXP", "JDBC", "J2EE" })); lContainer.add(lJTextField);

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Nested Class Summary

static class	AutoCompleter.FileAutoCompleter Autocomplete using the file system
static class	AutoCompleter.ListAutoCompleter Autocomplete from a list

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

SOURCECODE_VERSION Standard variable for determining version of a class file.

Constructor Summary

AutoCompleter(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent comp)

Method Summary

protected abstract void	acceptedListItem(java.lang.String selected)
protected void	selectNextPossibleValue() Selects the next item in the list.
protected void	selectPreviousPossibleValue() Selects the previous item in the list.
protected abstract boolean	updateListData()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SOURCECODE_VERSION

public static final java.lang.String SOURCECODE_VERSION

Standard variable for determining version of a class file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AutoCompleter

public AutoCompleter(javax.swing.text.JTextComponent comp)

Method Detail

selectNextPossibleValue

protected void selectNextPossibleValue()

Selects the next item in the list. It won't change the selection if the currently selected item is already the last item.

selectPreviousPossibleValue

protected void selectPreviousPossibleValue()

Selects the previous item in the list. It won't change the selection if the currently selected item is already the first item.

updateListData

protected abstract boolean updateListData()

acceptedListItem

protected abstract void acceptedListItem(java.lang.String selected)