Maximum text length

I have this code:

JFormattedTextField jft=new JFormattedTextField(new MaskFormatter("###"));

I thought that this will allow text to be maximum length 3 but this code actually demands that length must be exactly 3 numbers.

How do I make that I can type maximum 3 numbers?

[386 byte] By [BobMila] at [2007-11-27 5:29:39]