Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { static Map stringToInt = new HashMap(); /** * get a color as a int from a string, alpha is set to 255 * if we can not get the color then we return 0 */ public static int getColor(String nm) { Integer color = (Integer) stringToInt.get(nm); if (color != null) { return color.intValue(); } try { Integer result = Integer.decode(nm); // the 0xff000000 | means the alpha is 255 return 0xff000000 | result.intValue(); } catch (Exception ex) { //System.out.print("Error: unable to find color "+s+".\n"); // testing return 0; } } }