import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.border.*; import java.util.*; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; /* ComboBoxDemo2.java is a 1.4 application that requires no other files. */ public class ComboBoxDemo2 extends JPanel implements ActionListener { static JFrame frame; JLabel result; String currentPattern; public ComboBoxDemo2() { setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS)); String[] patternExamples = { "dd MMMMM yyyy", "dd.MM.yy", "MM/dd/yy", "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' hh:mm:ss z", "EEE, MMM d, ''yy", "h:mm a", "H:mm:ss:SSS", "K:mm a,z", "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" }; currentPattern = patternExamples[0]; //Set up the UI for selecting a pattern. JLabel patternLabel1 = new JLabel("Enter the pattern string or"); JLabel patternLabel2 = new JLabel("select one from the list:"); JComboBox patternList = new JComboBox(patternExamples); patternList.setEditable(true); patternList.addActionListener(this); //Create the UI for displaying result. JLabel resultLabel = new JLabel("Current Date/Time", JLabel.LEADING); //== LEFT result = new JLabel(" "); result.setForeground(Color.black); result.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder( BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black), BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5) )); //Lay out everything. JPanel patternPanel = new JPanel(); patternPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(patternPanel, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS)); patternPanel.add(patternLabel1); patternPanel.add(patternLabel2); patternList.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT); patternPanel.add(patternList); JPanel resultPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1)); resultPanel.add(resultLabel); resultPanel.add(result); patternPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT); resultPanel.setAlignmentX(Component.LEFT_ALIGNMENT); add(patternPanel); add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(0, 10))); add(resultPanel); setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10,10,10,10)); reformat(); } //constructor public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { JComboBox cb = (JComboBox)e.getSource(); String newSelection = (String)cb.getSelectedItem(); currentPattern = newSelection; reformat(); } /** Formats and displays today's date. */ public void reformat() { Date today = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(currentPattern); try { String dateString = formatter.format(today); result.setForeground(Color.black); result.setText(dateString); } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) { result.setForeground(Color.red); result.setText("Error: " + iae.getMessage()); } } /** * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, * this method should be invoked from the * event-dispatching thread. */ private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Make sure we have nice window decorations. JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo2"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Create and set up the content pane. JComponent newContentPane = new ComboBoxDemo2(); newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque frame.setContentPane(newContentPane); //Display the window. frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread: //creating and showing this application's GUI. javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }