How to set different color text in JTabe cell

Question

Hi
I have been searching many forums to find how can this be done, but no success.
I have Custom JTable with MyTableRenderer which is nothing else but alternate the color of rows(cells), CustomTableModel extends DefaultTableModel adding functionality for updateCellContent with different messages.
I have a column in which cells i want to set these messages in different color.They are not set by user's editing, and by updating the content using the table model.
Here is the code for that
public void updateCellContent(HashMap<String, String> messages, int col) {
        for (int row = 0; row < this.dataVector.size() - 1; row++) {
            //This value is hardcoded for now.
            boolean isError = true;
            String filename = getFilename(row);
            String message = messages.get(filename);
            if (message != null) {
                if (isError) {
                    setErrorMessage(message, row);
                } else {
                    setMessage(message, row);
    private void setErrorMessage(String message, int row) {
        this.setFileStatus(message, row);
    private void setMessage(String message, int row) {
        String value = (String) this.getValueAt(row, COL_FILE_STATUS);
        ((Vector) this.dataVector.get(row)).setElementAt(value + " " + message, COL_FILE_STATUS);
        fireTableCellUpdated(row, COL_FILE_STATUS);
public void setFileStatus(String message, int row) {
        setValueAt(message, row, COL_FILE_STATUS);
    }Thanks
Dimitar

Answer 1

I have Custom JTable with MyTableRenderer which is nothing else but alternate the color of rows(cells)If I understand you correctly a better way to do this is to override the prepareRenderer(...) method of JTable. You can search the forum for my "Table Prepare Renderer" (without the spaces) example which shows how this can be done.
I have a column in which cells i want to set these messages in different color.Then you need to use a custom renderer for that column.
If you need further help then you need to create a [Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE)|http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html], that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.