Get the VK int from an arbitrary char in java

Question

How do you get the VK code from a char that is a letter? It seems like you should be able to do something like javax.swing.KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(\'c\').getKeyCode()<

Answer 1

AWTKeyStroke.getAWTKeyStroke("C").getKeyCode();

Answer 2

I am using the following code for upper-case letters and numbers in a class I wrote to extend Robot:

public void typeLetterOrNumber(char c) {
    if(Character.isLetter(c)) {
        keyPress((int)c);
        keyRelease((int)c);
    }
    else if(Character.isDigit(c)) {
        keyPress(48+(int)c);
        keyRelease(48+(int)c);
    }
}

Basically, I just looked at the KeyEvent.VK_whatever values and did the appropriate math to compensate in my code.