Handling Hyperlink Events
Hyperlink events are fired by a JEditorPane when the user clicks on a hyperlink. 

 
 try {
     String url = "http://java.sun.com";
     JEditorPane editorPane = new JEditorPane(url);
     editorPane.setEditable(false);
     editorPane.addHyperlinkListener(
       new MyHyperlinkListener());
 } catch (IOException e) {
 }
     
 class MyHyperlinkListener implements HyperlinkListener {
     public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent evt) {
         if (evt.getEventType() == 
           HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED) {
             JEditorPane pane =
               (JEditorPane)evt.getSource();
             try {
                 // Show the new page in the editor pane.
                 pane.setPage(evt.getURL());
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
     }
 }