How to make the TextField to accept only date input in J2ME/JavaME

Question

I have created a custom Date Class to handle bigger date and date from different calendar. I would like to get date input from the user.The default DateField can't be used in this scenario since it can't handle big dates. So I would like to use the TextField instead.How ever, he existing constraints are not enough to constrain a date input like dd/mm/yyyy. can i create a custom input mask or any thing to constrain the DateField to accept only dd/mm/yyy ?

Answer 1

1. Are you postive the DateField cant handle bigger formats?
2. Does J2me provide regular expressions, cuz that would definitely be the way to go for this.

Answer 2

You can't create input mask for the TextField, the only way I could think of, is to create a custom component and handle the input yourself.

Or you could use three text fields beside each other and use NUMERIC constraint with maximum char size for each one.