JEditorPane.setText(String t) has the following syntax.
public void setText(String t)
In the following code shows how to use JEditorPane.setText(String t) method.
/*from w w w . j a va 2 s . c o m*/ import javax.swing.JEditorPane; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; public class Main { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("EditorPane Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JEditorPane editorPane = new JEditorPane(); editorPane.setText("asdf"); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(editorPane); frame.add(scrollPane); frame.setSize(640, 480); frame.setVisible(true); } }