Redirecting System.out stream to a TextArea

Question

I hope this isn't a stupid question--I'm blanking pretty hard.
I want to use System.setOut() to direct standard output to a TextArea within a Frame. Is there a way to setup a TextArea to receive text from an output stream, or is an intermediary of some sort necessary?
I feel like this is pretty easy, but I'm stumbling. That's what I get for doing J2EE for a year rather than GUI. :P
Any input is appreciated!

Answer 1

Here's the compiled and tested code...I learned some good stuff from this link as to why my simpler approach didn't work:
http://www.devx.com/upload/registered/features/javapro/1999/11nov99/tl1199/tl1199.asp
Here is my code:
  class OutRouter implements Runnable
    PipedInputStream pipeIn = null;
    JTextArea textArea = null;
    OutRouter( JTextArea ta, PipedOutputStream pos)
      try
        pipeIn = new PipedInputStream(pos);
      catch(IOException ioe)
        ioe.printStackTrace(System.err);
        System.exit(1);
      textArea = ta;
    public void run()
      String line = null;
      BufferedReader pipeReader = new BufferedReader(
        new InputStreamReader(pipeIn));
      try
        while(true)
          Thread.sleep(100);
          if(pipeIn.available() == 0)
            continue;
          line = pipeReader.readLine();
          if(line == null)
            continue;
          System.err.println("Line = " + line);
          final String fLine = line;
          SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait( new Runnable()
            {public void run()
              { textArea.append(fLine + "\n"); }
      catch(InvocationTargetException ite)
      { ite.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); }
      catch(InterruptedException ie)
      { ie.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); }
      catch(IOException ioe)
      { ioe.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); }
  }