text.autocomplete

The autocomplete package contains classes which allows to add an AutoComplete functionality to text components:

• The Dictionnary
• The AutoComplete interface
• The AutoComplete engine

This package does not contain any GUI class. See swing.autocomplete jfx.autocompleteand for informations on how to use it.

Dictionary

The creation of the dictionary and categories can be performed directly in the AutoCompleteDictionary or through the Swing or JavaFX AutoComplete implementations.

Dictionary items

Dictionary items items can be added by:

• Directly adding Strings for the items. For example, you can use AutoComplete.addToDictionary(String)
• Adding items through the AutoCompleteDictionary.Item interface

Adding item interfaces allows to use rich data for the items in the dictionary and use them in the AutoComplete listeners. Note that:

• The item getText() method returns the text will be used for text replacement
• The item toString() method defines which text will be presented in the AutoComplete Popup