datechooser component - first try

[snpe]

Hello,

This is date calendar component for RCP application.
Classes :

http://www.snpe.co.yu/JCalendarExt.java

JCalendarExt is JCalendar with 2 added buttons : today and clear

http://www.snpe.co.yu/JTextFieldDateChooser.java

It is like TextFieldDateChooser from toedter's general forum (thread 'null date')

You have to add toedter's jcalendar libary

Using :

standard property editor like :

http://www.snpe.co.yu/DefaultDateEditor.java

you have to add registry for editor in spring's xml

when you bind component to JTextField you create datechooser with:

JtextFieldDateChooser datechooser = new JTextFieldDateChooser(components[1])

and add datechooser in form except JTextField component

RCP binding and validation work with JTextField components and we have :

null value
invalid value (I need this for search; for example, If i have date format
dd.MM.yyyy and value __.03.____ in text components system search for all
dates in Mart)

screenshoots : http://www.snpe.co.yu/datechooser_search.png (no validation in search mode)
http://www.snpe.co.yu/datechooser_insert.png (invalid value)

regards

[Scott Tavares]

Hi snpe,

I'm trying to follow your example but am having a little problem. You metion several classes, DefaultDateEditor, JCalendarExt, and JTextFieldDateChooser. Which one gets registered as the Property Editor? Right now I have DefaultDateEditor. Second, Binding... my code looks like this:

private JTextFieldDateChooser istatusDate;

istatusDate = new JTextFieldDateChooser();

getFormModel().bind(istatusDate, "istatusDate");

but the last line draws a syntax erros because the bind method(s) don't understand the type JTextFieldDateChooser. How do I cast that to a JTextField?

TIA

[snpe]

Scott,
You have to do next :

a) define property editor for date field in spring xml file , for example

<bean id="propertyEditorRegistry"
		class="org.springframework.richclient.application.support.DefaultPropertyEditorRegistry">
		<property name="propertyEditors">
			<list>
				<props>
					<prop key="objectClass">java.lang.Long</prop>
					<prop key="propertyEditorClass">yu.co.snpe.dbtable.propertyeditor.DefaultLongEditor</prop>
				</props>
				<props>
					<prop key="objectClass">java.lang.Integer</prop>
					<prop key="propertyEditorClass">yu.co.snpe.dbtable.propertyeditor.DefaultIntegerEditor</prop>
				</props>
				<props>
					<prop key="objectClass">java.util.Date</prop>
					<prop key="propertyEditorClass">yu.co.snpe.dbtable.propertyeditor.DefaultDateEditor</prop>
				</props>		
				<props>
					<prop key="objectClass">java.math.BigDecimal</prop>
					<prop key="propertyEditorClass">yu.co.snpe.dbtable.propertyeditor.DefaultBigDecimalEditor</prop>
				</props>
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>

DefaultDateEditor is like this :

 * Copyright 2002-2004 the original author or authors.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
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 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
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 */
package yu.co.snpe.dbtable.propertyeditor;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;

/**
 * @author snpe
 *
 */
public class DefaultDateEditor extends CustomDateEditor {

    public DefaultDateEditor(String dateFormat) {
        super(new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat), true);
    }

    public DefaultDateEditor() {
        super(new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy"), true);
    }

}

Now bind date property form bean to simple JTextField :

JTExtField textField = new JTextField();
swingModel.bind(textField,"dat");

spring rcp do standard property editor validation for date - I can set null and invalid value
I need invalid value in field, because I have search/filter with sql expression, for example
__-MAR-200_ for search mont Mart in year 2000-2009
I create calendar compnent now with :

JTextFieldDateChooser datComp = new JTextFieldDateChooser(textField);

I add only datComp to GUI, not textField (textField is part of datComp)

You have to disable button in datComp when disable textField, too

regards

[Scott Tavares]

I create calendar compnent now with :

JTextFieldDateChooser datComp = new JTextFieldDateChooser(textField);

I add only datComp to GUI, not textField (textField is part of datComp)

This is the part I did not have. Thanks, this worked!!!