How to mark JTable cell input as invalid?

The private static class JTable.GenericEditor uses introspection to catch exceptions raised by constructing specific Number subclasses with invalid String values. If you don’t need such generic behavior, consider creating PositiveIntegerCellEditor as a subclass of DefaultCellEditor. Your stopCellEditing() method would be correspondingly simpler.

Addendum: Updated to use RIGHT alignment and common error code.

Addendum: See also Using an Editor to Validate User-Entered Text.

    private static class PositiveIntegerCellEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {

    private static final Border red = new LineBorder(Color.red);
    private static final Border black = new LineBorder(Color.black);
    private JTextField textField;

    public PositiveIntegerCellEditor(JTextField textField) {
        super(textField);
        this.textField = textField;
        this.textField.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean stopCellEditing() {
        try {
            int v = Integer.valueOf(textField.getText());
            if (v < 0) {
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            textField.setBorder(red);
            return false;
        }
        return super.stopCellEditing();
    }

    @Override
    public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
        Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
        textField.setBorder(black);
        return super.getTableCellEditorComponent(
            table, value, isSelected, row, column);
    }
}