Parses a java.awt.Color from an HTML color string in the form '#RRGGBB' where RR, GG, and BB are the red, green, and blue bytes in hexadecimal form
/*
* ColorUtils.java Created Nov 17, 2010 by Andrew Butler, PSL
*/
//package prisms.util;
import java.awt.Color;
/** A set of tools for analyzing and manipulating colors */
public class ColorUtils
{
/**
* Parses a java.awt.Color from an HTML color string in the form '#RRGGBB' where RR, GG, and BB
* are the red, green, and blue bytes in hexadecimal form
*
* @param htmlColor The HTML color string to parse
* @return The java.awt.Color represented by the HTML color string
*/
public static Color fromHTML(String htmlColor)
{
int r, g, b;
if(htmlColor.length() != 7 || htmlColor.charAt(0) != '#')
throw new IllegalArgumentException(htmlColor + " is not an HTML color string");
r = Integer.parseInt(htmlColor.substring(1, 3), 16);
g = Integer.parseInt(htmlColor.substring(3, 5), 16);
b = Integer.parseInt(htmlColor.substring(5, 7), 16);
return new Color(r, g, b);
}
}
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