Type a String using java.awt.Robot

Question

I already know how to use java.awt.Robot to type a single character using keyPress, as seen below. How can I simply enter a whole

Answer 1

I think I've implemented better soultion, maybe someone found it usefull (the main approach is to read all values from enum KeyCode and than to put it into a HashMap and use it later to find a int key code)

public class KeysMapper {

    private static HashMap charMap = new HashMap();

    static {
        for (KeyCode keyCode : KeyCode.values()) {
            if (keyCode.impl_getCode() >= 65 && keyCode.impl_getCode() <= 90){
                charMap.put(keyCode.getName().toLowerCase().toCharArray()[0], keyCode.impl_getCode());
            }
            else{
                charMap.put(keyCode.getName().toLowerCase().toCharArray()[0], keyCode.impl_getCode());
            }
        }
    }
    public static Key charToKey(char c){
        if(c>=65 && c<=90){
            return new Key(charMap.get(c), true);
        } else {
            return new Key(charMap.get(c), false);
        }
    }

    public static List stringToKeys(String text){
        List keys = new ArrayList();
        for (char c : text.toCharArray()) {
            keys.add(charToKey(c));
        }
        return keys;
    }

I created also a key class to know whether to type an uppercase or lowercase char:

public class Key {

    int keyCode;
    boolean uppercase;

//getters setter constructors}

and finally you can use it like that (for single character) robot.keyPress(charToKey('a').getKeyCode()); If you want to press an uppercase you have to press and release with shift key simultaneously