Using Java, how do I convert a human readable color name into a three-element integer array?
For example, I have a color represented by:
int[] RGB_COLOR = {128,25,25};
And I want to be able to convert the static value Color.BLUE into a three-element integer array that is similar to the one above. Is this possible or do I have to hack my way around this?
Do you mean like this...
Color c = Color.BLUE;
int[] RGB = { c.getRed(), c.getGreen(), c.getBlue() };
To convert a colour name to a Color you can use reflections, provided its own of the built in colours. If you want more colours you would need to use a map.
public static Color colorOf(String color) {
try {
return (Color) Color.class.getDeclaredField(color).get(null);
} catch(Exception notAvailable) {
return null; // ??
}
}
Just use the getGreen(), getRed(), getBlue() methods of the Color class
scroll down on the doc you linked
Color c = //...;
int[] color = {c.getRed(),c.getGreen(),c.getBlue()};
The simplest way to get a Color object from a String would be to create a Map<String, Color> mapping the valid String color names to Color objects.
Map<String, Color> map = new HashMap<String, Color>();
map.put("BLUE", Color.BLUE);
// etc.
Color color = map.get(someString);
Also, I'd recomment not storing the RGB values in an int[3] unless you really need that because some 3rd party code expects it or something. Just using the Color class is much more appropriate in general.
