Mask for date

Hi,
I would like to use a jTextField for a date input. I would like the user to input it in a spesific format. I know there is something like a mask, but not very sure. Can somebody please help me.
Thanks Linette

Thank u for your MaskField classes... Very useful.
But I found a bug in MaskDocument class
In insertString method : in the for loop change the call insertString(pos...) with insertString(i...) otherwise the first element is always replaced...(see below)
if (len > 1)
for (int i = pos; i < len; i++)
insertString(i, "" + text.charAt(i), attr);
return;
I have a question : how can you specify a mask with a variable length (e.g. years in the format YYYY or YY for the same mask?)
Many thanks
-- Nuts

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Revision: 3727
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:34:12 -0700 (Fri, 17 Oct 2008)
Log Message:
Fix masking for GraphicElements
SDK-17337 Masking broken for GraphicElements
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