javax.microedition.lcdui
Class TextBox

java.lang.Object
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public class TextBox

extends Screen

The TextBox class is a Screen that allows the user to enter and edit text.

A TextBox has a maximum size, which is the maximum number of characters that can be stored in the object at any time (its capacity). This limit is enforced when the TextBox instance is constructed, when the user is editing text within the TextBox, as well as when the application program calls methods on the TextBox that modify its contents. The maximum size is the maximum stored capacity and is unrelated to the number of characters that may be displayed at any given time. The number of characters displayed and their arrangement into rows and columns are determined by the device.

The implementation may place a boundary on the maximum size, and the maximum size actually assigned may be smaller than the application had requested. The value actually assigned will be reflected in the value returned by getMaxSize(). A defensively-written application should compare this value to the maximum size requested and be prepared to handle cases where they differ.

The text contained within a TextBox may be more than can be displayed at one time. If this is the case, the implementation will let the user scroll to view and edit any part of the text. This scrolling occurs transparently to the application.

If the constraints are set to TextField.ANY The text may contain line breaks. The display of the text must break accordingly and the user must be able to enter line break characters.

TextBox has the concept of input constraints that is identical to TextField. The constraints parameters of methods within the TextBox class use constants defined in the TextField class. See the description of input constraints in the TextField class for the definition of these constants. TextBox also has the same notions as TextField of the actual contents and the displayed contents, described in the same section.

TextBox also has the concept of input modes that is identical to TextField. See the description of input modes in the TextField class for more details.

Since:

MIDP 1.0

Constructor Summary

TextBox(String title, String text, int maxSize, int constraints)
Creates a new TextBox object with the given title string, initial contents, maximum size in characters, and constraints.

Method Summary

void	delete(int offset, int length) Deletes characters from the TextBox.
int	getCaretPosition() Gets the current input position.
int	getChars(char[] data) Copies the contents of the TextBox into a character array starting at index zero.
int	getConstraints() Gets the current input constraints of the TextBox.
int	getMaxSize() Returns the maximum size (number of characters) that can be stored in this TextBox.
String	getString() Gets the contents of the TextBox as a string value.
void	insert(char[] data, int offset, int length, int position) Inserts a subrange of an array of characters into the contents of the TextBox.
void	insert(String src, int position) Inserts a string into the contents of the TextBox.
void	setChars(char[] data, int offset, int length) Sets the contents of the TextBox from a character array, replacing the previous contents.
void	setConstraints(int constraints) Sets the input constraints of the TextBox.
void	setInitialInputMode(String characterSubset) Sets a hint to the implementation as to the input mode that should be used when the user initiates editing of this TextBox.
int	setMaxSize(int maxSize) Sets the maximum size (number of characters) that can be contained in this TextBox.
void	setString(String text) Sets the contents of the TextBox as a string value, replacing the previous contents.
int	size() Gets the number of characters that are currently stored in this TextBox.

Methods inherited from class javax.microedition.lcdui.Displayable

addCommand, getHeight, getTicker, getTitle, getWidth, isShown, removeCommand, setCommandListener, setTicker, setTitle, sizeChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextBox

public TextBox(String title,
               String text,
               int maxSize,
               int constraints)

Creates a new TextBox object with the given title string, initial contents, maximum size in characters, and constraints. If the text parameter is null, the TextBox is created empty. The maxSize parameter must be greater than zero. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if the length of the initial contents string exceeds maxSize. However, the implementation may assign a maximum size smaller than the application had requested. If this occurs, and if the length of the contents exceeds the newly assigned maximum size, the contents are truncated from the end in order to fit, and no exception is thrown.

Parameters:

title - the title text to be shown with the display

text - the initial contents of the text editing area, null may be used to indicate no initial content

maxSize - the maximum capacity in characters. The implementation may limit boundary maximum capacity and the actually assigned capacity may me smaller than requested. A defensive application will test the actually given capacity with getMaxSize().

constraints - see input constraints

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if maxSize is zero or less

IllegalArgumentException - if the constraints parameter is invalid

IllegalArgumentException - if text is illegal for the specified constraints

IllegalArgumentException - if the length of the string exceeds the requested maximum capacity

Method Detail

getString

public String getString()

Gets the contents of the TextBox as a string value.

Returns:

the current contents

See Also:

setString(java.lang.String)

setString

public void setString(String text)

Sets the contents of the TextBox as a string value, replacing the previous contents.

Parameters:

text - the new value of the TextBox, or null if the TextBox is to be made empty

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if text is illegal for the current input constraints

IllegalArgumentException - if the text would exceed the current maximum capacity

See Also:

getString()

getChars

public int getChars(char[] data)

Copies the contents of the TextBox into a character array starting at index zero. Array elements beyond the characters copied are left unchanged.

Parameters:

data - the character array to receive the value

Returns:

the number of characters copied

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the array is too short for the contents

NullPointerException - if data is null

See Also:

setChars(char[], int, int)

setChars

public void setChars(char[] data,
                     int offset,
                     int length)

Sets the contents of the TextBox from a character array, replacing the previous contents. Characters are copied from the region of the data array starting at array index offset and running for length characters. If the data array is null, the TextBox is set to be empty and the other parameters are ignored.

The offset and length parameters must specify a valid range of characters within the character array data. The offset parameter must be within the range [0..(data.length)], inclusive. The length parameter must be a non-negative integer such that (offset + length) <= data.length.

Parameters:

data - the source of the character data

offset - the beginning of the region of characters to copy

length - the number of characters to copy

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset and length do not specify a valid range within the data array

IllegalArgumentException - if data is illegal for the current input constraints

IllegalArgumentException - if the text would exceed the current maximum capacity

See Also:

getChars(char[])

insert

public void insert(String src,
                   int position)

Inserts a string into the contents of the TextBox. The string is inserted just prior to the character indicated by the position parameter, where zero specifies the first character of the contents of the TextBox. If position is less than or equal to zero, the insertion occurs at the beginning of the contents, thus effecting a prepend operation. If position is greater than or equal to the current size of the contents, the insertion occurs immediately after the end of the contents, thus effecting an append operation. For example, text.insert(s, text.size()) always appends the string s to the current contents.

The current size of the contents is increased by the number of inserted characters. The resulting string must fit within the current maximum capacity.

If the application needs to simulate typing of characters it can determining the location of the current insertion point ("caret") using the with getCaretPosition() method. For example, text.insert(s, text.getCaretPosition()) inserts the string s at the current caret position.

Parameters:

src - the String to be inserted

position - the position at which insertion is to occur

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the resulting contents would be illegal for the current input constraints

IllegalArgumentException - if the insertion would exceed the current maximum capacity

NullPointerException - if src is null

insert

public void insert(char[] data,
                   int offset,
                   int length,
                   int position)

Inserts a subrange of an array of characters into the contents of the TextBox. The offset and length parameters indicate the subrange of the data array to be used for insertion. Behavior is otherwise identical to insert(String, int).

The offset and length parameters must specify a valid range of characters within the character array data. The offset parameter must be within the range [0..(data.length)], inclusive. The length parameter must be a non-negative integer such that (offset + length) <= data.length.

Parameters:

data - the source of the character data

offset - the beginning of the region of characters to copy

length - the number of characters to copy

position - the position at which insertion is to occur

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset and length do not specify a valid range within the data array

IllegalArgumentException - if the resulting contents would be illegal for the current input constraints

IllegalArgumentException - if the insertion would exceed the current maximum capacity

NullPointerException - if data is null

delete

public void delete(int offset,
                   int length)

Deletes characters from the TextBox.

The offset and length parameters must specify a valid range of characters within the contents of the TextBox. The offset parameter must be within the range [0..(size())], inclusive. The length parameter must be a non-negative integer such that (offset + length) <= size().

Parameters:

offset - the beginning of the region to be deleted

length - the number of characters to be deleted

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the resulting contents would be illegal for the current input constraints

StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset and length do not specify a valid range within the contents of the TextBox

getMaxSize

public int getMaxSize()

Returns the maximum size (number of characters) that can be stored in this TextBox.

Returns:

the maximum size in characters

See Also:

setMaxSize(int)

setMaxSize

public int setMaxSize(int maxSize)

Sets the maximum size (number of characters) that can be contained in this TextBox. If the current contents of the TextBox are larger than maxSize, the contents are truncated to fit.

Parameters:

maxSize - the new maximum size

Returns:

assigned maximum capacity - may be smaller than requested.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if maxSize is zero or less.

IllegalArgumentException - if the contents after truncation would be illegal for the current input constraints

See Also:

getMaxSize()

size

public int size()

Gets the number of characters that are currently stored in this TextBox.

Returns:

the number of characters

getCaretPosition

public int getCaretPosition()

Gets the current input position. For some UIs this may block and ask the user for the intended caret position, and on other UIs this may simply return the current caret position.

Returns:

the current caret position, 0 if at the beginning

setConstraints

public void setConstraints(int constraints)

Sets the input constraints of the TextBox. If the current contents of the TextBox do not match the new constraints, the contents are set to empty.

Parameters:

constraints - see input constraints

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the value of the constraints parameter is invalid

See Also:

getConstraints()

getConstraints

public int getConstraints()

Gets the current input constraints of the TextBox.

Returns:

the current constraints value (see input constraints)

See Also:

setConstraints(int)

setInitialInputMode

public void setInitialInputMode(String characterSubset)

Sets a hint to the implementation as to the input mode that should be used when the user initiates editing of this TextBox. The characterSubset parameter names a subset of Unicode characters that is used by the implementation to choose an initial input mode. If null is passed, the implementation should choose a default input mode.

See Input Modes for a full explanation of input modes.

Parameters:

characterSubset - a string naming a Unicode character subset, or null

Since:

MIDP 2.0