GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
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/*
* Program to simulate the phenomenom known as grapheme to color synthesia.
* 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 PHASE| simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color
*/
package synethesia;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.*;
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(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= 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 SIMPLTE PAINTING
public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
paintingCode();
}
public static void main (String[] args){
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
}
});
}
}