Class HSSFPalette


  • public final class HSSFPalette
    extends java.lang.Object
    Represents a workbook color palette. Internally, the XLS format refers to colors using an offset into the palette record. Thus, the first color in the palette has the index 0x8, the second has the index 0x9, etc. through 0x40
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      HSSFColor addColor​(byte red, byte green, byte blue)
      Adds a new color into an empty color slot.
      HSSFColor findColor​(byte red, byte green, byte blue)
      Finds the first occurrence of a given color
      HSSFColor findSimilarColor​(byte red, byte green, byte blue)
      Finds the closest matching color in the custom palette.
      HSSFColor findSimilarColor​(int red, int green, int blue)
      Finds the closest matching color in the custom palette.
      HSSFColor getColor​(int index)
      Retrieves the color at a given index
      HSSFColor getColor​(short index)
      Retrieves the color at a given index
      void setColorAtIndex​(short index, byte red, byte green, byte blue)
      Sets the color at the given offset
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Method Detail

      • getColor

        public HSSFColor getColor​(short index)
        Retrieves the color at a given index
        Parameters:
        index - the palette index, between 0x8 to 0x40 inclusive
        Returns:
        the color, or null if the index is not populated
      • getColor

        public HSSFColor getColor​(int index)
        Retrieves the color at a given index
        Parameters:
        index - the palette index, between 0x8 to 0x40 inclusive
        Returns:
        the color, or null if the index is not populated
      • findColor

        public HSSFColor findColor​(byte red,
                                   byte green,
                                   byte blue)
        Finds the first occurrence of a given color
        Parameters:
        red - the RGB red component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
        green - the RGB green component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
        blue - the RGB blue component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
        Returns:
        the color, or null if the color does not exist in this palette
      • findSimilarColor

        public HSSFColor findSimilarColor​(byte red,
                                          byte green,
                                          byte blue)
        Finds the closest matching color in the custom palette. The method for finding the distance between the colors is fairly primative.
        Parameters:
        red - The red component of the color to match.
        green - The green component of the color to match.
        blue - The blue component of the color to match.
        Returns:
        The closest color or null if there are no custom colors currently defined.
      • findSimilarColor

        public HSSFColor findSimilarColor​(int red,
                                          int green,
                                          int blue)
        Finds the closest matching color in the custom palette. The method for finding the distance between the colors is fairly primative.
        Parameters:
        red - The red component of the color to match.
        green - The green component of the color to match.
        blue - The blue component of the color to match.
        Returns:
        The closest color or null if there are no custom colors currently defined.
      • setColorAtIndex

        public void setColorAtIndex​(short index,
                                    byte red,
                                    byte green,
                                    byte blue)
        Sets the color at the given offset
        Parameters:
        index - the palette index, between 0x8 to 0x40 inclusive
        red - the RGB red component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
        green - the RGB green component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
        blue - the RGB blue component, between 0 and 255 inclusive
      • addColor

        public HSSFColor addColor​(byte red,
                                  byte green,
                                  byte blue)
        Adds a new color into an empty color slot.
        Parameters:
        red - The red component
        green - The green component
        blue - The blue component
        Returns:
        The new custom color.
        Throws:
        java.lang.RuntimeException - if there are more more free color indexes.