// convert color name in Java Color object
public Color getColour(String name) {
if (name.equals("red")) {
return Color.red;
} else if (name.equals("blue")) {
return Color.blue;
} else if (name.equals("black")) {
return Color.black;
} else if (name.equals("cyan")) {
return Color.cyan;
} else if (name.equals("dark gray")) {
return Color.darkGray;
} else if (name.equals("gray")) {
return Color.gray;
} else if (name.equals("light gray")) {
return Color.lightGray;
} else if (name.equals("green")) {
return Color.gray;
} else if (name.equals("magenta")) {
return Color.magenta;
} else if (name.equals("orange")) {
return Color.orange;
} else if (name.equals("pink")) {
return Color.pink;
} else if (name.equals("white")) {
return Color.white;
} else if (name.equals("yellow")) {
return Color.yellow;
}
try {
// see if the colour is expressed in
// 0xAABBCC format for RGB...
return Color.decode(name);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
}
// no, ok bail then ... but this will certainly
// through an exception
return null;
}
