How to disable detection of ESCAPE key in JDialog?

Hi,
I've implemented a non-modal JDialog, and to be sure the user doesn't close it I call setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE)However, the user can always close it by pressing the ESCAPE key.
Key binding does not work as the dialog is not a JComponent, and a KeyListener seems not to work.
Is there a way to catch the ESCAPE key?
Thanks in advance for any hint.

However, the user can always close it by pressing the ESCAPE key.Is this a new feature in JDK1.5 or JDK6?
The escape key is not supported by default in JDK1.4.2 so I'm surprised that its turned on by default in later versions.
This is how I add the funtionality in JDK1.4.2:
Action escapeAction = new AbstractAction()
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          System.out.println("escape");
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KeyStroke escapeKeyStroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0, false);
getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT)
     .put(escapeKeyStroke, "escape");
getRootPane().getActionMap().put("escape", escapeAction);So, presumably you could override the default behaviour by using a dummy Action.

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