how to rewrite user input in h:inputText

[kamal_khadka]

I have the following in my code

<h:inputText value=#{entityCustomer.phone}/>

user enters their 10 digit phone number. Phone number can be (1234567890). I want the phone number stored as 123-456-7890 in the data source.

Right now customer can enter either 1234567890 or 123-456-7890. So If the customer enters the number like 1234567890 then it should be saved as 123-456-7890 is this possible.

How should I go about doing this?

Thank you

[pvito]

Hi, Kamal

You may use jQuery Masked Input Plugin: http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin

Regards, Vitaliy

[kamal_khadka]

The way I fixed this for me is

before

<h:inputText value="#{entity.phone}"/>

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now

<h:inputText value="#{helper.phone}"/>

and in helper.java

String tempPhone = "";

public void setPhone(String phone)

{

     tempPhone = phone.replaceAll("\\D", "");

     tempPhone = tempPhone.substring(0, 3)+ "-" + tempPhone.substring(3, 6) + "-" +  tempPhonee.substring(6, 10);

     entity.setPhone(tempPhone)

}

public String getPhone()

{

     return entity.getPhone();

}