1 /*
  2  * Program to simulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia.
  3  * This program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to:
  4  * - exit | terminate the program
  5  * - remap | redefine the mapping from letters to colors
  6  * - WORD OR PHRASE | simply show the word oe phrase in synesthetic color
  7  */
  8 package synesthesia;
  9 
 10 import java.awt.Color;
 11 import java.awt.Point;
 12 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
 13 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 14 import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 15 import painter.SPainter;
 16 
 17 /**
 18  *
 19  * @author evankemp
 20  */
 21 public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
 22     
 23     private static final int fontsize = 30;
 24     private static final String theLetters= "QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM";
 25     private static String[] letters;
 26     private static Color[] colors;
 27 
 28     
 29     private void paintingCode(){
 30         
 31         //INITIALIZATION
 32         SPainter miro = new SPainter(1200,220);
 33         miro.setScreenLocation(30,30);
 34         miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
 35         initializeColorMap(theLetters);
 36         
 37         //INTERPRETATION
 38         while (true){
 39             String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a word or a few words...");
 40             if (input == null) { input = "EXIT";}
 41             input = input.toUpperCase();
 42             if (input.equals("EXIT")){
 43                 break;
 44             }else if (input.equals("REMAP")){
 45                 initializeColorMap(theLetters);
 46             }else{
 47                 showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
 48             }
 49         }
 50         miro.end();
 51     }
 52 
 53     private void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
 54         letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
 55         colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
 56         for (int i = 0; i<letters.length; i=i+1){
 57             letters[i]=specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
 58             colors[i]=randomColor();
 59         }
 60         
 61     }
 62 
 63     private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
 64         //READY
 65         eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
 66         //SET
 67         miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
 68         //GO
 69         for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i=i+1){
 70             String letter = input.substring(i,i+1);
 71             Color color= getLetterColor(letter);
 72             miro.setColor(color);
 73             miro.draw(letter);
 74             miro.mrt(fontsize);          
 75         }
 76     }
 77     
 78     private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
 79         for (int i = 0; i<letters.length;i=i+1){
 80             if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])){
 81                 return colors[i];
 82             }
 83         }
 84         return Color.BLACK;
 85     }
 86     
 87     private Color randomColor() {
 88         int rv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 89         int gv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 90         int bv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
 91         return new Color(rv, gv, bv);
 92     }
 93     
 94     private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
 95         miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
 96         miro.wash();
 97         miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
 98     }    
 99         
100     //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
101     
102     public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
103         paintingCode();
104     }
105     
106     public static void main(String[] args){
107         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
108             public void run() {
109                 new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
110             }
111         });
112     }
113 }
114