Retrieving a Predefined Color by Name
The Color class contains a number of predefined colors such as
red and green. This example demonstrates how to retrieve
one of these predefined colors using a string. For example, the
predefined color java.awt.Color.red could be retrieved with the
string "red".
// Returns a Color based on 'colorName' which must be one of the predefined colors in
// java.awt.Color. Returns null if colorName is not valid.
public Color getColor(String colorName) {
try {
// Find the field and value of colorName
Field field = Class.forName("java.awt.Color").getField(colorName);
return (Color)field.get(null);
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}
To make it more elegant the line Field field = Class.forName("java.awt.Color").getField(colorName); can be also replaced with Field field = java.awt.Color.class.getField(colorName);
This is what my Architect suggested me :)