JTextField not obeying columns restriction?

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From: Adam Chace
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00

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I have a JTextField component in which I'd like to restrict the number
of characters that can be added to, say, 10. If I set the columns
property to 10 or any number, the user can still enter as many
characters as they want. This is even true of the AWT Field Control. Am
I missing something?

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