Add JSON object support to mask attribute (to support regular

expression and other advanced options).

src/main/java/net/bootsfaces/component/inputText/InputTextRenderer.java

@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOExce
 	}
 
   /**
-   * Add script to enable the input mask.
+   * Add script to enable the input mask. If the mask attribute starts with {@code {} the value is expected to be a
+   * JSON object (and can for example be used to set a regular expression: {@code {regex:'[0-9\u0600-\u06FF]*'}}).
+   * 
    * See https://github.com/RobinHerbots/Inputmask.
    * 
    * @param context
@@ -322,9 +324,14 @@ protected void encodeMask(FacesContext context,
                             ResponseWriter rw) throws IOException {
     if (inputText.getMask() != null && !inputText.getMask().isEmpty()) {
       rw.startElement("script", inputText);
-      rw.writeText("Inputmask(\"", null);
-      rw.writeText(inputText.getMask().replace("\"", "\\\""), null);
-      rw.writeText("\").mask(document.getElementById(\"", null);
+      rw.writeText("Inputmask(", null);
+      if (inputText.getMask().trim().startsWith("{")) {
+	rw.writeText(inputText.getMask().trim(), null);
+      }
+      else {
+	rw.writeText(String.format("\"%s\"", inputText.getMask().replace("\"", "\\\"")), null);
+      }
+      rw.writeText(").mask(document.getElementById(\"", null);
       rw.writeText(fieldId, null);
       rw.writeText("\"));", null);
       rw.endElement("script");