1 /*
  2  * Program to simulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia
  3  * This program is written as an interpreter that recongnizes and responds to
  4  *  - exit | terminate the program
  5  * - remap | redefine the mapping 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 /**
 17  *
 18  * @author rkanin
 19  */
 20 public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
 21     private static final int fontsize = 30;
 22     private static final String theLetters =  "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
 23     private static String[] letters;
 24     private static Color[] colors;
 25     
 26     private void paintingCode() {
 27         // INITIALIZATION
 28         SPainter miro = new SPainter(1200,220);
 29         miro.setScreenLocation(400,30);
 30         miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
 31         initializeColorMap(theLetters);
 32         
 33         //INTERPRETATION
 34         while ( true ) {
 35             String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a word, or a few words...");
 36             if ( input == null ) {input = "EXIT"; }
 37             input = input.toUpperCase();
 38             if ( input.equals("EXIT") ) {
 39                 break;
 40             } else if ( input.equals("REMAP") ) {
 41                 initializeColorMap(theLetters);
 42                 showLetters(miro, theLetters);
 43             } else {
 44                 showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
 45                 
 46             }
 47         }
 48         miro.end();
 49         
 50         
 51     }
 52     private void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
 53         // READY
 54         eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
 55         //SET
 56         miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
 57         // GO
 58         for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i
 59                 + 1) {
 60             String letter = input.substring(i, i + 1);
 61             Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
 62             miro.setColor(color);
 63             miro.draw(letter);
 64             miro.mrt(fontsize);
 65         }
 66     }
 67 
 68     private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
 69         letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
 70         colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
 71         for (int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i
 72                 = 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
 80                 = i + 1) {
 81             if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])) {
 82                 return colors[i];
 83             }
 84         }
 85         return Color.BLACK;
 86     }
 87 
 88     private static Color randomColor() {
 89         int rv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 90         int gv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 91         int bv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 92         return new Color(rv, gv, bv);
 93     }
 94 
 95     private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
 96        
 97         miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
 98         miro.wash();
 99         miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
100     }
101 // INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
102 
103     public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
104         paintingCode();
105     }
106 
107     public static void main(String[] args) {
108         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
109             public void run() {
110                 new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
111             }
112         });
113     }
114 }
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