Geertjan's Blog
- August 31, 2010
Validation API in an OutlineView and Properties Window
Tim's Validation API (which is in the "ide" cluster in your NetBeans IDE installation directory), in action in an OutlineView:
And in the Properties window:
To achieve the above, you need to create an InPlaceEditor for your Property. (In the example above, I use a JTextField.) Within the InPlaceEditor's constructor, I simply have this:
ValidationPanel panel = new ValidationPanel();
ValidationGroup group = panel.getValidationGroup();
group.add(
textField,
Validators.REQUIRE_NON_EMPTY_STRING,
Validators.NO_WHITESPACE,
Validators.URL_MUST_BE_VALID);
...which is copied from here:
http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/how-quickly-add-validation
By the way, thanks Henry Kleynhans in Johannesburg for the above idea!
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Comments ( 3 )
Hi Geertjan,
I can not find the "Tims validation API" in the NB 6.9.1 platform in the ide cluster. Is it in a newer version or has it an other place.
Thanks
Oliver
install-dir/ide/modules/ext/ValidationAPI.jar
Is the source code for the example available ?
Thanks,
Susanta