Throughout this Wiki we use a custom set of terms:

• text field — a field with our library's text field listener attached;
• input — everything user writes or pastes into the text field;
• mask — a pattern, which defines how to format the input;
• output — everything user actually sees inside the text field;
• extracted value — a string of valuable characters distilled from the input;
• complete or value completeness — a boolean flag indicating that the extracted value is complete;
• compiler — an internal entity, which translates masks into the state machine graphs.

The Wiki contains documentation related to:

• getting started: throw together a simple project in order to get familiar with the basics, given you've already installed the library;
• masks: learn about the Mask objects;
• mask syntax: learn how to compose your own patterns;
• custom notations: learn on some advanced techniques of composing mask patterns;
• field listeners: documentation on the text field listener (delegate) classes;
• affine masks: teach your text field listeners to switch between different formats.

Be sure to check out our list of complete recipes before inventing your own wheel.