Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (C) 2006 Christian Schneider * * This file is part of Nomad. * * Nomad is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Nomad 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Nomad; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import java.awt.Color; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static Color getColorProperty(Map p, Object key, Color defaultValue) { Object value = p.get(key); if (value instanceof Color) return (Color) value; else if (value instanceof String) { try { return Color.decode((String) value); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { } } return defaultValue; } }