[levent]

If you know the column in the model that the test value will reside in, set it as a constant and your could would end up looking like this.

Code:

public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(  
JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, 
boolean hasFocus, int row, int col)
{
     Component comp = super.getTableCellRendererComponent(
                      table,  value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, col);

     String s =  table.getModel().getValueAt(row, VALIDATION_COLUMN ).toString();

     if(s.equalsIgnoreCase("Fail")) 
     {
         comp.setForeground(Color.red);
     }
     else 
     {
         comp.setForeground(null);
     }

     return( comp );
 }