Copy paste operations in disabled textfields

i have following code.
JTextField jtfCol1 = new JTextField(5);
JTextField jtfCol2 = new JTextField(5);
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jtfCol1 .setEnabled(false); jtfCol2 .setEnabled(false);

i need to perform copy and paste operations on these fields, But they are disabled. I tried with setEditable(false); also but it is not working.

Can any one help me.

Thanks in advance.

make them uneditable, which allows copy
override paste() to change editable to true, perform paste(), then editable back to false

thank you