GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
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/*
program to simulate 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.SPainter;
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("Grapheme to Color Synesthesia", 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 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();
}
});
}
}