Name: nkR10003 Date: 06/05/2001


JavaDoc comments for method BasicComboBoxEditor.setItem(Object anObject) state:

"Sets the item that should be edited. If anObject is an instance of
java.lang.Number then the editor is constrained to only accept numerical
values."

Actually the editor accepts any value that starts with digit.

Example below demonstrates this problem:
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import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxEditor;

public class test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BasicComboBoxEditor c = new BasicComboBoxEditor();
        Object number = new Integer(5);
        Object nonNumber = new String("5test");
        c.setItem(number);
        System.out.println("Editor configured to accept only numbers");
        c.setItem(nonNumber);
        if (c.getItem() != null
                && c.getItem().equals(nonNumber)) {
            System.out.println("value to set : " + nonNumber);
            System.out.println("returned value: " + c.getItem());
            System.out.println("Test failed");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Test passed");
        }
    }
}
------------------output---------------------
Editor configured to accept only numbers
value to set : 5test
returned value: 5test
Test failed
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