Comma separation in the Text Field in Blackberry - blackberry

Question

in my application i have a Custom text box with BasicEditField.FILTER_NUMERIC. When the user enter the value in the field the comma should be added to the Currency format .
EX:1,234,567,8.... like this.
In my code i tried like this.
protected boolean keyUp(int keycode, int time) {
String entireText = getText();
if (!entireText.equals(new String(""))) {
double val = Double.parseDouble(entireText);
String txt = Utile.formatNumber(val, 3, ",");// this will give the //comma separation format
setText(txt);// set the value in the text box
}
return super.keyUp(keycode, time);
}
it will give the correct number format... when i set the value in the text box it will through the IllegalArgumentException. I know BasicEditField.FILTER_NUMERIC will not allow the charector like comma(,)..
How can i achieve this?

Answer 1

I tried this way and it works fine...
public class MyTextfilter extends TextFilter {
private static TextFilter _tf = TextFilter.get(TextFilter.REAL_NUMERIC);
public char convert(char character, int status) {
char c = 0;
c = _tf.convert(character, status);
if (c != 0) {
return c;
}
return 0;
}
public boolean validate(char character) {
if (character == Characters.COMMA) {
return true;
}
boolean b = _tf.validate(character);
if (b) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
and call like this
editField.setFilter(new MyTextfilter());