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package net.sourceforge.jnlp.awt.awtactions;

import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class KeyboardActions {
    
    private static final int defaultDelay = 250;

    /**
     * method writeText for simulating typing the 
     * given String text by a user with delays 
     * allowed characters in the text: 0-9, a-z, the space
     * between the keystrokes
     *  
     * @param robot
     * @param text
     * @param delayMs
     */
    public static void writeText(Robot robot, String text, int delayMs){
        for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++){
            char c = text.charAt(i);        
            typeKey(robot, keyFromChar(c), delayMs);    
        }
    }
    
    public static void writeText(Robot robot, String text){
        writeText(robot,text, defaultDelay);
    }
    
    /**
     * method typeKey for pressing and releasing given key
     * with a reasonable delay 
     *
     * @param robot
     * @param key
     * @param delayMs
     */
     
    public static void typeKey(Robot robot, int key, int delayMs){
        robot.delay(delayMs);
        robot.keyPress(key);
        robot.delay(delayMs);
        robot.keyRelease(key);
    }
    
    public static void typeKey(Robot robot, int key){
        typeKey(robot, key, defaultDelay);
    }
    
    /**
     * method returning the KeyInput event int
     * if the character is not from a-b, 0-9, the returned value is
     * KeyEvent.VK_SPACE
     * 
     * @param ch
     * @return
     */
    public static int keyFromChar(char ch){
        int key;
        
        if( ('0' <= ch) && ('9' >= ch) ){
            key = (ch - '0') + KeyEvent.VK_0; 
        }else if( ( 'a' <= ch) && ('z' >= ch) ){
            key = (ch - 'a') + KeyEvent.VK_A;
        }else{
            key = KeyEvent.VK_SPACE;
        }
        
        return key;
    }
    
}