JFormattedTextField instead of JTextField

Question

In Java, what is the difference between JTextField and JFormattedTextField ? I mean when should I use JFormattedTextField instead of JTextField?

Answer 1

JFormattedTextField differs from JTextField in that it can support

• locale-specific display
• restrictions on its value
• editing non-Strings [via setValue(Object)/getValue()]
• incrementing/decrementing from the keyboard

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