How to implement a NumberField in javaFX 2.0?

Question

I need to insert a number field into my UI. So I need to check the key events on a text field in order to check whether the input character is a number. I created a class by

Answer 1

Here is the CustomText field I have written. It handles both Numbers only input and also maximumSize. Its a custom control that can be used in FXML and also the properties can be set in FXMl itself.

package fxml;

import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty; 
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerPropertyBase;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;

public class CustomTextField extends TextField {

/**
 * numericOnly property if set, will allow accept only numeric input.
 */
private BooleanProperty numericOnly = new SimpleBooleanProperty(this,
        "numericOnly", false);

public final boolean isNumericOnly() {
    return numericOnly.getValue();
}

public final void setNumericOnly(boolean value) {
    numericOnly.setValue(value);
}

public final BooleanProperty numericOnlyProperty() {
    return numericOnly;
}

/**
 * maxSize property , determines the maximum size of the text that can be
 * input.
 */
public IntegerProperty maxSize = new IntegerPropertyBase(1000) {

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "maxSize";
    }

    @Override
    public Object getBean() {
        return CustomTextField.this;
    }
};

public final IntegerProperty maxSizeProperty() {
    return maxSize;
};

public final int getMaxSize() {
    return maxSize.getValue();
}

public final void setMaxSize(int value) {
    maxSize.setValue(value);
}

/**
 * this method is called when user inputs text into the textField
 */
@Override
public void replaceText(int start, int end, String text) {
    if (numericOnly.getValue() && !text.equals("")) {
        if (!text.matches("[0-9]")) {
            return;
        }
    }
    if (getText().length() < getMaxSize() || text.equals("")) {
        super.replaceText(start, end, text);
    }
}

/**
 * this method is called when user pastes text into the textField
 */
@Override
public void replaceSelection(String text) {
    if (numericOnly.getValue() && !text.equals("")) {
        if (!text.matches("[0-9]+")) {
            return;
        }
    }
    super.replaceSelection(text);
    if (getText().length() > getMaxSize()) {
        String maxSubString = getText().substring(0, getMaxSize());
        setText(maxSubString);
        positionCaret(getMaxSize());
    }
}

}