/* ================================================================

 * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework

 * ================================================================

 *

 * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net

 * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);

 *

 * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures

 *

 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms

 * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;

 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this

 * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,

 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

 */

package de.laures.cewolf.taglib.util;

import java.awt.Color;

/** @author  Guido Laures */

public class ColorHelper {

    private ColorHelper() {

    }

    public static final Color getColor(String hexString) {

        try {

             if (hexString == null || hexString.length() < 7) {

                return Color.black;

            }

            final int red = Integer.parseInt(hexString.substring(1, 3), 16);

            final int green = Integer.parseInt(hexString.substring(3, 5), 16);

            final int blue = Integer.parseInt(hexString.substring(5, 7), 16);

            int alpha = 0;

            if (hexString.length() > 8) {

                alpha = Integer.parseInt(hexString.substring(7, 9), 16);

            }

            if (alpha > 0) {

                return new Color(red, green, blue, alpha);

            } else {

                return new Color(red, green, blue);

            }

        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {

            return Color.black;

        }

    }

}