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027 * ---------------------------
028 * ColorObjectDescription.java
029 * ---------------------------
030 * (C)opyright 2003, 2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
031 *
032 * Original Author:  Thomas Morgner;
033 * Contributor(s):   David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
034 *
035 * $Id: ColorObjectDescription.java,v 1.4 2005/11/14 11:01:17 mungady Exp $
036 *
037 * Changes (from 19-Feb-2003)
038 * -------------------------
039 * 19-Feb-2003 : Added standard header and Javadocs (DG);
040 * 29-Apr-2003 : Distilled from the JFreeReport project and moved into JCommon
041 */
042
043package org.jfree.xml.factory.objects;
044
045import java.awt.Color;
046
047import org.jfree.util.PaintUtilities;
048
049/**
050 * An object-description for a <code>Color</code> object.
051 *
052 * @author Thomas Morgner
053 */
054public class ColorObjectDescription extends AbstractObjectDescription {
055
056    /**
057     * Creates a new object description.
058     */
059    public ColorObjectDescription() {
060        super(Color.class);
061        setParameterDefinition("value", String.class);
062    }
063
064    /**
065     * Creates an object based on this description.
066     *
067     * @return The object.
068     */
069    public Object createObject() {
070        final String value = (String) getParameter("value");
071        return PaintUtilities.stringToColor(value);
072    }
073
074    /**
075     * Sets the parameters of this description object to match the supplied object.
076     *
077     * @param o  the object (should be an instance of <code>Color</code>).
078     *
079     * @throws ObjectFactoryException if there is a problem while reading the
080     * properties of the given object.
081     */
082    public void setParameterFromObject(final Object o) throws ObjectFactoryException {
083        if (!(o instanceof Color)) {
084            throw new ObjectFactoryException("Is no instance of java.awt.Color");
085        }
086        final Color c = (Color) o;
087        setParameter("value", PaintUtilities.colorToString(c));
088    }
089}