Convert String To Advanced Color

[anthropamorphic]

Hello, I have a small problem with an application I am making. I am working on a program right now and in this program you can open up a JColorChooser to choose the color and it saves it out to a textfile. Then every time you launch the program it checks this textfile to try and set the color. My problem is I am not sure exactly how to convert it from a String to a color like this java.awt.Color[r=102,g=255,b=102]

One of the methods that I tried was this:

Color back = Color.getColor(output);

output = java.awt.Color[r=102,g=255,b=102]

[Norm]

You need to parse the String and extract the r,g and b values, convert them to ints so you can use them in the Coolor class's constructor.

[anthropamorphic]

You need to parse the String and extract the r,g and b values, convert them to ints so you can use them in the Coolor class's constructor.

What do you think the best approach for doing this would be?

[Norm]

What format is the String that contains the values?
The String class has several methods for working your way through the contents of a String.
Look at the API doc for the String class.

[Fubarable]

Why try to save the Color to a text file? If it needs to be saved, the Color class implements the Serializable interface, and so why not use serialization instead?

[anthropamorphic]

Why try to save the Color to a text file? If it needs to be saved, the Color class implements the Serializable interface, and so why not use serialization instead?

Could you link me to a tutorial on serialization

[Fubarable]

Could you link me to a tutorial on serialization

Please have a look here: Java Serialization Tutorial Links