com.google.i18n.phonenumbers
Class AsYouTypeFormatter

java.lang.Object
  com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.AsYouTypeFormatter

public class AsYouTypeFormatter
extends java.lang.Object

A formatter which formats phone numbers as they are entered.

An AsYouTypeFormatter can be created by invoking PhoneNumberUtil.getAsYouTypeFormatter(java.lang.String). After that, digits can be added by invoking inputDigit(char) on the formatter instance, and the partially formatted phone number will be returned each time a digit is added. clear() can be invoked before formatting a new number.

See the unittests for more details on how the formatter is to be used.

Author:

Shaopeng Jia

Method Summary

void	clear() Clears the internal state of the formatter, so it can be reused.
int	getRememberedPosition() Returns the current position in the partially formatted phone number of the character which was previously passed in as the parameter of inputDigitAndRememberPosition(char).
java.lang.String	inputDigit(char nextChar) Formats a phone number on-the-fly as each digit is entered.
java.lang.String	inputDigitAndRememberPosition(char nextChar) Same as inputDigit(char), but remembers the position where nextChar is inserted, so that it can be retrieved later by using getRememberedPosition().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Clears the internal state of the formatter, so it can be reused.

inputDigit

public java.lang.String inputDigit(char nextChar)

Formats a phone number on-the-fly as each digit is entered.

Parameters:

nextChar - the most recently entered digit of a phone number. Formatting characters are allowed, but as soon as they are encountered this method formats the number as entered and not "as you type" anymore. Full width digits and Arabic-indic digits are allowed, and will be shown as they are.

Returns:

the partially formatted phone number.

inputDigitAndRememberPosition

public java.lang.String inputDigitAndRememberPosition(char nextChar)

Same as inputDigit(char), but remembers the position where nextChar is inserted, so that it can be retrieved later by using getRememberedPosition(). The remembered position will be automatically adjusted if additional formatting characters are later inserted/removed in front of nextChar.

getRememberedPosition

public int getRememberedPosition()

Returns the current position in the partially formatted phone number of the character which was previously passed in as the parameter of inputDigitAndRememberPosition(char).