Also see JEditorPane and JTextArea .
A text component that can be marked up with attributes that are represented graphically. This component models paragraphs that are composed of runs of character level attributes. Each paragraph may have a logical style attached to it which contains the default attributes to use if no overriden by attributes set on the paragraph or character run. Components and images may be embedded in the flow of text.
For the keyboard keys used by this component in the standard Look and Feel (L&F)&F) renditions, see the JTextPane key assignments.
Warning: Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Swing. A future release of Swing will provide support for long term persistence.