Password in JTextArea

Question

Is there any way using JTextArea to hide the text when user types??

Kind of like password..

in JTextArea i have..

passw

Answer 1

Use the JPasswordField class, a subclass of JTextField, provides specialized text fields for password entry.

Here's the link for reference: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/passwordfield.html