Question

I am trying to write some validation code in my class for my GUI. How would I go about getting the text from a JTextField into a while statement and prompting a JOptionPane for the user to enter the necessary number(double)? To be more specific, how do I check if what I got from the JTextField is a string/string+number/anything other than a number?

String text=JTextField.getText();

while(text.equals*a string or anything but a number*);
   JOP("Invalid input ............ etc...

If you have time, here is my GUI and my class. I am trying to do this for the rest of the methods. But the answer to the above will suffice.

http://www.mediafire.com/?f079i1xtihypg1b

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f079i1xtihypg1b/FinanceGUI.java

Update:

This is what I have so far:

  //get the text entered in the amountRentText
  //JTextField and parse it to a Double
String amtRentIn=amountRentText.getText();

try{Double.parseDouble(amtRentIn);}
catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
   while()
       amtRentIn=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Invalid input. Please "+
           "enter your rent: ");
 }

 double rent= Double.parseDouble(amtRentIn);
 fin.setRent(rent);

What do I put in the while?

Answer 1

String amtRentIn=amountRentText.getText();
boolean incorrect = true;
while(incorrect){
try{Double.parseDouble(amtRentIn);incorrect = false;}
catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
   amtRentIn=JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Invalid input. Please "+
           "enter your rent: ");
 }

}