1    /* 
2    *Program to stimulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia. 
3    * This program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to: 
4    * -exit | terminate the program 
5    * -remap | redefine the maping from letters to colors 
6    * -WORD OR PHRASE | simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color. 
7     */
8    package synesthesia;
9    
10   import java.awt.Color;
11   import java.awt.Point;
12   import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
13   import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
14   import painter.SPainter;
15   
16   public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
17   
18       private static final int fontsize = 30;
19       private static final String theLetters = "AEIOU";
20       private static final String sadLetters= "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
21       private static String[] letters;
22       private static Color[] colors;
23   
24       private void paintingCode() {
25   
26           //INITIALIZATION
27           SPainter miro = new SPainter( "Words" ,1200,200);
28           miro.setScreenLocation(30,30);
29           miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
30           initializeColorMap(theLetters);
31           initializeColorMap(sadLetters);
32   
33           //INTERPRETATION
34           while ( true ) {
35               String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
36                       "Please enter a word, or a few words ...");
37               if ( input == null ) { input = "EXIT"; }
38               input = input.toUpperCase();
39               if ( input.equals("EXIT") ) {
40                   break;
41               } else if ( input.equals("REMAP") ) {
42                   initializeColorMap(theLetters);
43                   showLetters(miro, theLetters);
44               } else if ( input.equals("CONST") ) {
45                   initializeColorMap(sadLetters);
46                   showLetters(miro,sadLetters);
47               } else {
48                   showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
49               }
50           }
51           miro.end();
52       }
53   
54       private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
55           //READY
56           eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
57           //SET
58           miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
59           //GO
60           for ( int i = 0; 1 < input.length(); i = i + 1) {
61               String letter = input.substring(i, i+1);
62               Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
63               miro.setColor(color);
64               miro.draw(letter);
65               miro.mrt(fontsize);
66           }
67       }
68   
69       private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
70           letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
71           colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
72           for ( int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i + 1) {
73               letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
74               colors[i] = randomColor();
75           }
76       }
77   
78       private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
79           for ( int i = 0; i < letters.length; i =i + 1 ) {
80               if ( letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i]) ) {
81                   return colors[i];
82               }
83           }
84           return Color.BLACK;
85       }
86   
87       private static Color randomColor() {
88           int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
89           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
90           int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
91           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
92       }
93   
94       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
95           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
96           miro.wash();
97           miro.paintFrame(Color.black,5);
98       }
99   
100      //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
101      public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
102          paintingCode();
103      }
104  
105      public static void main(String[] args) {
106          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
107              public void run() {
108                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
109              }
110          });
111      }
112  }
113