GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
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package synethesia;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import painter.SPainter;
public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
/*
*Program to simulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia.
* this program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to:
* - exit | terminate the program
* - remap | redefine the mapping from letters to colors
* - word or phrase | simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color
*
*/
private static final int fontSize=30;
//private static final String theLetters = "AEIOU";
private static final String theLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
private static String[] letters;
private static Color[] colors;
private void paintingCode() {
//initialization
SPainter miro = new SPainter(1200, 220);
miro.setScreenLocation(30, 30);
miro.setFontSize(fontSize);
initializeColorMap(theLetters);
//interpretation
while ( true ) {
String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a word, or a few words ... ");
if (input == null) { input = "EXIT"; }
input = input.toUpperCase();
if (input.equals("EXIT")) {
break;
} else if (input.equals("REMAP")) {
initializeColorMap(theLetters);
showLetters(miro, theLetters);
} else {
showLetters(miro, input.toUpperCase());
}
}
miro.end();
}
private void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
//ready
eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
//set
miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100, 100));
//go
for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i += 1){
String letter = input.substring(i, i+1);
Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
miro.setColor(color);
miro.draw(letter);
miro.mrt(fontSize);
}
}
private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
for (int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i +=1){
letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i, i+1);
colors[i] = randomColor();
}
}
private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
for (int i = 0; i < letters.length;i +=1) {
if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])) {
return colors[i];
}
}
return Color.BLACK;
}
private static Color randomColor() {
int rv = (int)(Math.random() * 256);
int gv = (int)(Math.random() * 256);
int bv = (int)(Math.random() * 256);
return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
}
private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro){
miro.setColor(Color.white);
miro.wash();
miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
}
//infrastructure for some simple painting
public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
paintingCode();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
}
});
}
}