How to trap the Escape & Enter key ?

Question

I want to close the window when user presses escape key & want to trap the enter key for some action.
Help will be higly appreciated.

Answer 1

import javax.swing.*;
public class KeyItIn extends JFrame{
   JTextArea jta[] = new JTextArea[2];
   public KeyItIn() {
      getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridLayout(2,1) );
      for(int i=0; i<2; i++){
         jta[i] = new JTextArea();
         jta.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
jta[i].addKeyListener(new EventKeyHandler() );
          getContentPane().add(jta[i]);
setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
pack();
class EventKeyHandler extends java.awt.event.KeyAdapter{
public void keyPressed(java.awt.event.KeyEvent e){     
jta[0].setText(" Key Typed: "+(char)e.getKeyCode());
jta[1].setText(" Key code = "+e.getKeyCode() );
public static void main(String[] args) {
new KeyItIn().show();