Using JTextArea as JTable Editor

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I am trying to implement a JTable that uses a JTextArea for the Rendering and Editing component for a column. The rendering seems to work but the editor does not save the changes made. I suspect I am not handling events properly. When I click on a cell in the column using the JTextArea editor component, it displays the JTextArea properly and input is allowed. However, when I leave the cell, the changes I have made are gone. The custom editor code is shown below.

class JTextAreaEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor{
String text = null;
private JPanel panel = new JPanel();
private JScrollPane jsp;
private JTextArea jta;

public JTextAreaEditor(int rows, int cols){
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
jta = new JTextArea(rows, cols);
jta.setWrapStyleWord(true);
jta.setLineWrap(true);
jsp = new JScrollPane(jta);
jsp.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy (JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
jsp.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
panel.add(jsp, BorderLayout.CENTER);

jta.addFocusListener(new FocusListener(){
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e){
fireEditingStopped();
}
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e){
}
});
}

protected void fireEditingStopped(){
super.fireEditingStopped();
}

public Object getCellEditorValue(){
return text;
}

public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column){
jta.setText(value.toString());
text = value.toString();
return panel;
}
}

The custom renderer is as follows:

class JTextAreaRenderer extends JPanel implements TableCellRenderer{
protected static Border m_noFocusBorder;
protected JScrollPane jsp;
protected JTextArea jta;

public JTextAreaRenderer(int rows, int cols){
super();
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
jta = new JTextArea(rows, cols);
jta.setWrapStyleWord(true);
jta.setLineWrap(true);
jsp = new JScrollPane(jta);
jsp.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
jsp.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
this.add(jsp, BorderLayout.CENTER);
m_noFocusBorder = new EmptyBorder(1, 2, 1, 2);
setOpaque(true);
setBorder(m_noFocusBorder);
}
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column){
String s = (String)value;
jta.setText(s);
jta.setLineWrap(true);
setBackground(isSelected && !hasFocus ? table.getSelectionBackground() : table.getBackground());
setForeground(isSelected && !hasFocus ? table.getSelectionForeground() : table.getForeground());
setFont(table.getFont());
setBorder(hasFocus? UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder&quot : m_noFocusBorder);
return this;
}
}


If you can show me what I am doing wrong I would greatly appreciate it. I have looked through the Java Tutorial, The Swing Connection, the chapter in the book "Swing" as well as John Zukowski's Swing book and haven't found the answer. Thank you.