Adds a checkbox in the GUI general preferences to accept dialed string with alphabetical characters as phone number.

resources/languages/resources.properties

@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ plugin.generalconfig.CHECK_FOR_UPDATES=Check for updates on startup
 plugin.generalconfig.STARTUP_CONFIG=Startup
 plugin.generalconfig.LEAVE_CHATROOM_ON_WINDOW_CLOSE=Leave chat rooms when closing window
 plugin.generalconfig.REMOVE_SPECIAL_PHONE_SYMBOLS=Remove special symbols before calling phone numbers
+plugin.generalconfig.ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS=Accept dialed string with alphabetical caracters as phone number
 plugin.generalconfig.SIP_CALL_CONFIG=SIP
 
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src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/generalconfig/ConfigurationManager.java

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ public class ConfigurationManager
      */
     private static boolean isNormalizePhoneNumber;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates if a string containing alphabetical characters might be
+     * considered as a phone number.
+     */
+    private static boolean acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars;
+
     private static ConfigurationService configService
         = GeneralConfigPluginActivator.getConfigurationService();
 
@@ -246,6 +252,14 @@ public static void loadGuiConfigurations()
         isNormalizePhoneNumber
             = GeneralConfigPluginActivator.getConfigurationService()
                 .getBoolean(normalizePhoneNumberProperty, true);
+
+        // Load the "ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS" property.
+        String acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsProperty =
+                "impl.gui.ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS";
+
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars
+            = GeneralConfigPluginActivator.getConfigurationService()
+                .getBoolean(acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsProperty, true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -413,6 +427,36 @@ public static void setNormalizePhoneNumber(boolean isNormalize)
             Boolean.toString(isNormalize));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns <code>true</code> if a string with a alphabetical character migth
+     * be considered as a phone number.  <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if a string with a alphabetical character migth
+     * be considered as a phone number.  <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars()
+    {
+        return acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the "ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_CHARS" property.
+     *
+     * @param accepPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars indicates to the user interface
+     * whether a string with alphabetical characters might be accepted as a
+     * phone number.
+     */
+    public static void setAcceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars(
+            boolean acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars)
+    {
+        ConfigurationManager.acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars
+            = acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars;
+
+        configService.setProperty(
+                "impl.gui.ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS",
+                Boolean.toString(acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the transparency value for all transparent windows.
      * 

src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/generalconfig/GeneralConfigurationPanel.java

@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ private Component createCallConfigPanel()
                 Resources.getString("service.gui.CALL"));
 
         callConfigPanel.add(createNormalizeNumberCheckBox());
+        callConfigPanel.add(createAcceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharCheckBox());
 
         return callConfigPanel;
     }
@@ -710,6 +711,56 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 
         return checkBoxPanel;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the accept phone number with alphabetical character check box.
+     *
+     * @return the created component
+     */
+    private Component createAcceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharCheckBox()
+    {
+        JPanel checkBoxPanel = new TransparentPanel(new BorderLayout());
+
+        // Checkbox to accept string with alphabetical characters as potential
+        // phone numbers.
+        SIPCommCheckBox acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars
+            = new SIPCommCheckBox("",
+                ConfigurationManager.acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars());
+
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars.setAlignmentY(Component.TOP_ALIGNMENT);
+
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
+        {
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+            {
+                ConfigurationManager.setAcceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars(
+                        ((JCheckBox)e.getSource()).isSelected());
+            }
+        });
+
+        StyledHTMLEditorPane acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel
+                = new StyledHTMLEditorPane();
+
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel.setContentType("text/html");
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel.appendToEnd(
+                "<html>"
+                + GeneralConfigPluginActivator.getResources().getI18NString(
+                    "plugin.generalconfig.ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS")
+                + "</html>");
+
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel.setBorder(
+                BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(3, 0, 0, 0));
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel.setOpaque(false);
+        acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel.setEditable(false);
+
+        checkBoxPanel.add(acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaChars, BorderLayout.WEST);
+        checkBoxPanel.add(
+                acceptPhoneNumberWithAlphaCharsTextLabel,
+                BorderLayout.CENTER);
+
+        return checkBoxPanel;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initializes the startup config panel.
      * @return the created component

src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/protocol/PhoneNumberI18nService.java

@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ public abstract class PhoneNumberI18nService
     private static ConfigurationService configService
         = ProtocolProviderActivator.getConfigurationService();
 
-    /**
-     * String identifier of a boolean propery telling if a phone number can
-     * contain alphabetical characters.
-     */
-    private static final String DISABLED_PROP
-        = "net.java.sip.communicator.plugin.addrbook.phonenumbercharacterstonumbers.DISABLED";
     /**
      * Characters which have to be removed from a phone number in order to
      * normalized it.
@@ -203,7 +197,9 @@ public static boolean isPhoneNumber(String possibleNumber)
                     = possibleNumber.replaceAll(" \\(\\)", "");
                 // If the property is enabled and the string starts with a "+",
                 // then we consider that this is a phone number.
-                if(!configService.getBoolean(DISABLED_PROP, false)
+                if(configService.getBoolean(
+                        "impl.gui.ACCEPT_PHONE_NUMBER_WITH_ALPHA_CHARS",
+                        true)
                         && tmpPossibleNumber.startsWith("+"))
                 {
                     return true;