GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
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/*
* 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
*/
package synesthesia;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import painter.*;
public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
private static final int fontsize = 30;
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 static 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 = 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 = 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 =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() {
public void run() {
new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
}
});
}
}