Java Color Create toColor(final String hexColor)

Description

Converts hex color representation to java.awt.Color object.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
hexColor	hex color representation (ex. "8822DDC0", where 88 - red, 22 - green, DD - blue, C0 - alpha).

Return

java.awt.Color object

Declaration

public static Color toColor(final String hexColor) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.awt.Color;

public class Main {
    private static final int RED_BEGIN_INDEX = 0;
    private static final int RED_END_INDEX = 2;
    private static final int GREEN_BEGIN_INDEX = 2;
    private static final int GREEN_END_INDEX = 4;
    private static final int BLUE_BEGIN_INDEX = 4;
    private static final int BLUE_END_INDEX = 6;
    private static final int ALPHA_BEGIN_INDEX = 6;
    private static final int ALPHA_END_INDEX = 8;
    private static final int HEX_RADIX = 16;

    /**/*  ww w  .j a va 2s  .  c o  m*/
     * Converts hex color representation to java.awt.Color object.
     *
     * @param hexColor hex color representation (ex. "8822DDC0", where 88 - red, 22 - green, DD - blue, C0 - alpha).
     * @return java.awt.Color object
     */
    public static Color toColor(final String hexColor) {
        Color color = null;
        if (hexColor.length() == ALPHA_END_INDEX) {
            final String red = hexColor.substring(RED_BEGIN_INDEX, RED_END_INDEX);
            final String green = hexColor.substring(GREEN_BEGIN_INDEX, GREEN_END_INDEX);
            final String blue = hexColor.substring(BLUE_BEGIN_INDEX, BLUE_END_INDEX);
            final String alpha = hexColor.substring(ALPHA_BEGIN_INDEX, ALPHA_END_INDEX);

            color = new Color(Integer.parseInt(red, HEX_RADIX), Integer.parseInt(green, HEX_RADIX),
                    Integer.parseInt(blue, HEX_RADIX), Integer.parseInt(alpha, HEX_RADIX));

        }

        return color;
    }
}

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