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TextEditor::LengthAndCharacterRestriction Class Reference

An input filter for a TextEditor that limits the length of text and/or the characters that it may contain. More...

Inheritance diagram for TextEditor::LengthAndCharacterRestriction:

Public Member Functions

 LengthAndCharacterRestriction (int maxNumChars, const String &allowedCharacters)
 Creates a filter that limits the length of text, and/or the characters that it can contain. More...
 
String filterNewText (TextEditor &, const String &) override
 This method is called whenever text is entered into the editor. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from TextEditor::InputFilter
 InputFilter ()=default
 
virtual ~InputFilter ()=default
 

Detailed Description

An input filter for a TextEditor that limits the length of text and/or the characters that it may contain.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LengthAndCharacterRestriction()

TextEditor::LengthAndCharacterRestriction::LengthAndCharacterRestriction ( int  maxNumChars,
const String allowedCharacters 
)

Creates a filter that limits the length of text, and/or the characters that it can contain.

Parameters
maxNumCharsif this is > 0, it sets a maximum length limit; if <= 0, no limit is set
allowedCharactersif this is non-empty, then only characters that occur in this string are allowed to be entered into the editor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ filterNewText()

String TextEditor::LengthAndCharacterRestriction::filterNewText ( TextEditor ,
const String newInput 
)
overridevirtual

This method is called whenever text is entered into the editor.

An implementation of this class should should check the input string, and return an edited version of it that should be used.

Implements TextEditor::InputFilter.


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