Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; import java.lang.reflect.Field; /* * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform * * * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. * * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, * USA. * * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * in the United States and other countries.] * * ------------------- * PaintUtilities.java * ------------------- * (C) Copyright 2003-2005, by Object Refinery Limited. * * Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); * Contributor(s): -; * * $Id: PaintUtilities.java,v 1.10 2007/11/02 17:50:37 taqua Exp $ * * Changes * ------- * 13-Nov-2003 : Version 1 (DG); * 04-Oct-2004 : Renamed PaintUtils --> PaintUtilities (DG); * 23-Feb-2005 : Rewrote equal() method with less indenting required (DG); * */ public class Main { /** * Converts a given string into a color. * * @param value * the string, either a name or a hex-string. * @return the color. */ public static Color stringToColor(final String value) { if (value == null) { return Color.black; } try { // get color by hex or octal value return Color.decode(value); } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { // if we can't decode lets try to get it by name try { // try to get a color by name using reflection final Field f = Color.class.getField(value); return (Color) f.get(null); } catch (Exception ce) { // if we can't get any color return black return Color.black; } } } }