NGP
Class Utilities

java.lang.Object
  NGP.Utilities

public final class Utilities

extends Object

Contains a number of "utility" methods to help in programming.

Author:

Matt Chotin (mhc)

Method Summary

static URL	createURL(String url) Create a URL object from a String.
static Color	randomColor() Generate a random Color
static int	randomNumber(int low, int high) Generate a random integer between the two parameters (inclusive)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

randomNumber

public static int randomNumber(int low,
                               int high)

Generate a random integer between the two parameters (inclusive)

Parameters:

low - the lower bound

high - the upper bound

Returns:

a random int between low and high (inclusive)

randomColor

public static Color randomColor()

Generate a random Color

Returns:

a random Color

See Also:

java.awt.Color

createURL

public static URL createURL(String url)

Create a URL object from a String. Pass the String in as if you were typing it into a web browser (i.e., fully qualified), e.g., http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs015 or file:/pro/web/web/courses/cs015/home.html.

Parameters:

url - the String representing the actual address

Returns:

the URL object (null if badly formed)

See Also:

java.net.URL