Return the equivalent AWT Color of the supplied hexString in format eg #FF33D2 - Java 2D Graphics

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Description

Return the equivalent AWT Color of the supplied hexString in format eg #FF33D2

Demo Code

/*  Copyright 2009 Tonny Kohar.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
 * implied.// w ww. ja  va  2 s. c om
 *
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        String hexString = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(hexStringToColor(hexString));
    }

    /**
     * Return the equivalent AWT {@code Color} of the supplied hexString in format eg #FF33D2
     *
     * @param hexString Color in hexString format eg: #FF33D2
     *
     * @return the AWT {@code Color} or null if fail to parse
     */
    public static Color hexStringToColor(String hexString) {
        Color color = null;
        int r = 0;
        int g = 0;
        int b = 0;

        try {
            String tmpStr = hexString.substring(1, 3);
            r = Integer.parseInt(tmpStr, 16);
            tmpStr = hexString.substring(3, 5);
            g = Integer.parseInt(tmpStr, 16);
            tmpStr = hexString.substring(5, 7);
            b = Integer.parseInt(tmpStr, 16);
            color = new Color(r, g, b);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            color = null;
        }

        return color;
    }
}

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