Hi i'm looking for a way to highlight specific words in text kind of like how a text editor might work with syntax highlighting. The highlighting will consist of the text being different colours and/or different styles such as italic, bold or regular.

In order to narrow focus, how this might be achieved using Java Swing components.

There are most probably a number of ways of doing this but one that is efficient in dealing with multiple highlighted words and large amounts of text.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.