Getting Color object from String

Question

hi
i need to get a Color object from a string provided at runtime.ie for the string "RED" i need to get a object of Color.RED.I have already tried to use decode() from Color class but it throws numberformat exception,can someone guide me.

Answer 1

Color.decode(String) will decode octal and hexidecimal representations of colors e.g.
Color poo = Color.decode("0x215DB8"); // hex description of color
works.
If you want to use RED, BLUE ... read them at run into a String or whatever and then test this String to get what color the user wanted e.g.
read from text file at run time that button colour should be ORANGE.
In your code, put
String colourStr; // read what colour the user specified into this var
Color their_color = null;
if(colour.equals("ORANGE"))
their_color = new Color(Color.orange);
else if(colour.equals("BLACK"))
// you can guess what goes here.. and so on.
It often nice to make them specify the hex value of the colour because there are more of these than the predefined colours (shock horror).
Anyway,
seeya, Edd.