How can i display HTML text in a TextArea

Question

Hello All,
We are developing a chat application using Java Swing and RMI with MySQL as backend.
We have two options.The users can chat thro both browser and application(Swing GUI).
Now when a user who chats thro a browser sends a message,the chat contents are stored in HTML format in the database (like <BR><font>R u There?</Font></BR>).When the other user happens to chat thro the application,the chat contents send by the other user has to appear in the HTML format in the TextArea of the application.So obviously the textarea shud understand the HTML and display it accordingly.
How can i do this?Kindly give me an example with some code samples if i have to use EditorPane etc 'coz i haven't got any experience using EditorPanes.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Vijayakannan

Answer 1

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Test extends JFrame {
    public Test() {
     setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     Container content = getContentPane();
     JEditorPane jep = new JEditorPane("text/html",
              "Joe: <font color=red>R u <b>There</b>?</Font><BR>"+
              "Mary: <font color=green>Keep ur shorts on...</Font>");
     content.add(new JScrollPane(jep), BorderLayout.CENTER);
     setSize(200,200);
     show();
    public static void main(String[] args) { new Test(); }
}