Question

I have tried to use the example shown here but java showing error message of

“AttributeSet cannot be resolved to a type”

That is why I am trying to use another method of allowing only digits:

txtUsername.addKeyListener(new MyKeyListener());

public class MyKeyListener extends KeyAdapter{
  public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke){
      System.out.println("Key pressed code = "+ke.getKeyCode());
      if (ke.getKeyCode()>=48 && ke.getKeyCode()<=57)
              return true;
      else
              return false;
  }
} 

But of course it is not working because keyPressed method is void. So, what to do in order to print only digits in textfield?

Answer 1

Here check this code snippet, that’s how you allow only digits in JTextField, by using DocumentFilter, as the most effeciive way :

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument;
import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter;
import javax.swing.text.DocumentFilter.FilterBypass;

public class InputInteger
{
    private JTextField tField;
    private MyDocumentFilter documentFilter;

    private void displayGUI()
    {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Input Integer Example");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);

        JPanel contentPane = new JPanel();
        contentPane.setBorder(
            BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
        tField = new JTextField(10);
        ((AbstractDocument)tField.getDocument()).setDocumentFilter(
                new MyDocumentFilter());        
        contentPane.add(tField); 

        frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Runnable runnable = new Runnable()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                new InputInteger().displayGUI();
            }
        };
        EventQueue.invokeLater(runnable);
    }
}

class MyDocumentFilter extends DocumentFilter
{   
    @Override
    public void insertString(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fp
            , int offset, String string, AttributeSet aset)
                                throws BadLocationException
    {
        int len = string.length();
        boolean isValidInteger = true;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        {
            if (!Character.isDigit(string.charAt(i)))
            {
                isValidInteger = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (isValidInteger)
            super.insertString(fp, offset, string, aset);
        else
            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
    }

    @Override
    public void replace(DocumentFilter.FilterBypass fp, int offset
                    , int length, String string, AttributeSet aset)
                                        throws BadLocationException
    {
        int len = string.length();
        boolean isValidInteger = true;

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        {
            if (!Character.isDigit(string.charAt(i)))
            {
                isValidInteger = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (isValidInteger)
            super.replace(fp, offset, length, string, aset);
        else
            Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
    }
}

Or one can simply use this approach, as given by @Carlos Heuberger

@Override
public void insertString(FilterBypass fb, int off
                    , String str, AttributeSet attr) 
                            throws BadLocationException 
{
    // remove non-digits
    fb.insertString(off, str.replaceAll("\\D++", ""), attr);
} 
@Override
public void replace(FilterBypass fb, int off
        , int len, String str, AttributeSet attr) 
                        throws BadLocationException 
{
    // remove non-digits
    fb.replace(off, len, str.replaceAll("\\D++", ""), attr);
}