import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.text.

SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date;

import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel;

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() {

// 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(); } }); } }