set the max length of a JTextField

[netharam ram]

How can I restrict the maximum length of the value in a Password Field as well as JTextField. I'm using a JPasswordField to get the password form the user & I want to restrict the length of the password to 8 characters. Plz. help me do this,as well as in a JTextField.
Netharam.
Happy middling with java.

[Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi]

Hi,
You are going to have to use this

public JPasswordField(Document doc,
String txt,
int columns)

Constructor.
The Document that you pass in will have to be a sub-class that overrides insertString(int offset, String str, AttributeSet a). In the insertString method check to see if the length is 8 or more, if it is then don't do anything.
[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Ibrahim Hashimi ]

[Chantal Ackermann]

have a look at JFormattedField.