Setting the foreground in JTable cells conditionally.

I have a JTable which contains two columns adjacent to each other, both containing numbers (Floats).
If the number in the cell at a given row of column2 is greater than the number in the corresponding cell of column1, I want to set < row, column2 >'s text/foreground to red.
i.e.: If 0, 2 value > 0, 1 value: Set 0, 2 foreground to red
Also, I want to do this for all the cells in the second column whose values meet the criterion, simultaneously.
My question:
Am I right in assuming that this is a routine task in Java, and that there are well established ways of doing this?
If so, can anyone post or point me to some example code? If this is a wheel, I would hate to reinvent it.
Many thanks in advance.

karen,
I suggest you just make the whole cell the "select" colour, especially if it's a background colour... it gives the user a better impression of what it will look like in the "whatever".... even if you think it doesn't look so good "in itself".
The trick, is to use contrastingly dark or light forground colour.
If you really must have small region to the left containing a text colour then just make it another column in the table.
keith.

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