hi

i'm loading an xml with - among other information - html color codes. I use the color code in the fill function but it always shows me black. When i retrieve the color code i typecast it to String and then later i want to convert this value to color but it gives me an error, and so i typecast it to integer which seems to ruin the color code since it's always black.

I must be missing something simple.. can anyone see what i'm missing?


Code:

import processing.xml.*;

XMLElement xml;

int largenumber = 500; //hack
Circle[] circles = new Circle[largenumber]; 
int numCircles;


void setup() {
  size(600, 600);
  xml = new XMLElement(this, "2008-04-20.xml");
  int numCircles = xml.getChildCount();
  println(numCircles);
  for (int i = 0; i < numCircles; i++) {
    XMLElement kid = xml.getChild(i);
    XMLElement title_el = kid.getChild("title"); 
    String title = title_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement word_el = kid.getChild("word"); 
    String word = word_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement guid_el = kid.getChild("guid"); 
    String guid = guid_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement color_el = kid.getChild("color"); 
    String colorrgb = "#"+color_el.getContent();    
    
    println(title + " | " + word + " | " + colorrgb);   
    
    //circles[i] = new Circle(title, word, guid, "#CC6600"); DOES NOT WORK
    circles[i] = new Circle(title, word, guid, colorrgb);
    
     
  }
}





class Circle
{
  float x, y;
  String title, word, guid; 
  Circle(String title, String word, String guid, String colorrgb){
    
    //color ccode = int(#CC6600); WORKS
    
    color ccode = int(colorrgb); // DOES NOT WORK
    
    fill(ccode, 100);
    float x = random(50, 550);
    float y = random(50, 550);
    smooth();
    strokeWeight(1); 
    stroke(204, 102, 100);
    ellipse(x, y, 50, 50);
    
  }
  
  
}
 

Thank you but i can't get it to work.. the color code being printed is something like 13395456 but i want to preserve  the html color code itself eg CC6600 or find some other way of using the color codes..

Code:

import processing.xml.*;

XMLElement xml;

int largenumber = 500; //hack
Circle[] circles = new Circle[largenumber]; 
int numCircles;


void setup() {
  size(600, 600);
  xml = new XMLElement(this, "2008-04-20.xml");
  int numCircles = xml.getChildCount();
  println(numCircles);
  for (int i = 0; i < numCircles; i++) {
    XMLElement kid = xml.getChild(i);
    XMLElement title_el = kid.getChild("title"); 
    String title = title_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement word_el = kid.getChild("word"); 
    String word = word_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement guid_el = kid.getChild("guid"); 
    String guid = guid_el.getContent();
    
    XMLElement color_el = kid.getChild("color"); 
	  
    //color c=Integer.parseInt(color_el.getContent(),16); //DOES NOT WORK
    color c=Integer.parseInt("CC6600", 16); //DOES NOT WORK
    
    println(title + " | " + word + " | " + c);   

    circles[i] = new Circle(title, word, guid, c);
    
     
  }
}

class Circle
{
  float x, y;
  String title, word, guid; 
  Circle(String title, String word, String guid, color colorrgb){
    
    fill(colorrgb, 70); //DOES NOT WORK
    
    //color ccode = int(#CC6600); WORKS
    //fill(ccode, 70);
    
    float x = random(50, 550);
    float y = random(50, 550);
    smooth();
    strokeWeight(1); 
    stroke(204, 102, 100);
    ellipse(x, y, 50, 50);
    
  }
  
}