uk.ac.starlink.util

Class IconUtils

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.util.IconUtils

public class IconUtils
extends Object

Utility functions related to Icons.

Since:

6 Mar 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Icon	colorIcon(Icon icon, Color color) Modifies an existing icon by changing its colour.
static BufferedImage	createImage(Icon icon) Returns an image got by drawing an Icon.
static Icon	createTextIcon(String line, Graphics g) Returns an icon that paints a line of text.
static Icon	emptyIcon(int width, int height) Returns an icon with a given size and no content.
static ImageIcon	toImageIcon(Icon icon) Returns an ImageIcon based on a given Icon object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

emptyIcon

public static Icon emptyIcon(int width,
                             int height)

Returns an icon with a given size and no content.

Parameters:

width - icon width

height - icon height

colorIcon

public static Icon colorIcon(Icon icon,
                             Color color)

Modifies an existing icon by changing its colour. The colour attribute of the graphics context is changed before the icon is painted.

Parameters:

icon - input icon

color - colour to use as default for painting

Returns:

output icon

toImageIcon

public static ImageIcon toImageIcon(Icon icon)

Returns an ImageIcon based on a given Icon object. If the supplied icon is already an ImageIcon, it is returned. Otherwise, it is painted to an Image and an ImageIcon is constructed from that. The reason this is useful is that some Swing components will only grey out disabled icons if they are ImageIcon subclasses (which is naughty).

Parameters:

icon - input icon

Returns:

image icon

createTextIcon

public static Icon createTextIcon(String line,
                                  Graphics g)

Returns an icon that paints a line of text.

Parameters:

line - text string

g - graphics context

Returns:

icon

createImage

public static BufferedImage createImage(Icon icon)

Returns an image got by drawing an Icon.

Parameters:

icon - icon

Returns:

image