Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; import javax.swing.text.DefaultHighlighter; import javax.swing.text.Document; import javax.swing.text.Highlighter; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JTextArea textComp = new JTextArea(); Highlighter hilite = textComp.getHighlighter(); Highlighter.Highlight[] hilites = hilite.getHighlights(); for (int i = 0; i < hilites.length; i++) { if (hilites[i].getPainter() instanceof MyHighlightPainter) { hilite.removeHighlight(hilites[i]); } } highlight(textComp); } public static void highlight(JTextComponent textComp) { try { Highlighter hilite = textComp.getHighlighter(); Document doc = textComp.getDocument(); hilite.addHighlight(3, 5, new MyHighlightPainter(Color.red)); } catch (BadLocationException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } class MyHighlightPainter extends DefaultHighlighter.DefaultHighlightPainter { public MyHighlightPainter(Color color) { super(color); } }