Computer Science 120
Introduction to Programming
Spring 2011, Siena College
ColorfulSpirograph Demo
A working demo of ColorfulSpirograph will appear below. Click inside the applet to interact with it.
ColorfulSpirograph BlueJ Project
Click here to download a BlueJ project for ColorfulSpirograph.
ColorfulSpirograph Source Code
The Java source code for ColorfulSpirograph is below. Click on a file name to download it.
import objectdraw.*; import java.awt.*; /* * Example ColorfulSpirograph: adding some randomly chosen * colors to our Spirograph. * * Jim Teresco, Siena College, CSIS 120, Spring 2011 * Based on example from Williams College, CSCI 134 * * $Id: ColorfulSpirograph.java 1501 2011-01-24 20:48:50Z terescoj $ */ public class ColorfulSpirograph extends WindowController { // first coordinate of a line segment private Location linesStart; // color of next spriograph private Color currentColor; // generator for random numbers between 1 and 4 private RandomIntGenerator pickAColor = new RandomIntGenerator(1, 4); // used when picking a new color private int colorNumber; /* * Save the first coordinate of the line, and pick * a new random color. */ public void onMousePress(Location point) { linesStart = point; colorNumber = pickAColor.nextValue(); if (colorNumber == 1) { currentColor = Color.red; } else if (colorNumber == 2) { currentColor = Color.blue; } else if (colorNumber == 3) { currentColor = Color.magenta; } else { currentColor = Color.green; } } /* * As the user is dragging draw a line from * initial point where mouse pressed to current point. */ public void onMouseDrag(Location point) { new Line(linesStart, point, canvas).setColor(currentColor); } }