diff -r 000000000000 -r 639991d0808a java/cewolf-1.0/src/main/java/de/laures/cewolf/taglib/tags/SerializableGradientPaint.java
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+++ b/java/cewolf-1.0/src/main/java/de/laures/cewolf/taglib/tags/SerializableGradientPaint.java	Sat Feb 28 21:31:02 2009 +0100
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+/* ================================================================
+ * Cewolf : Chart enabling Web Objects Framework
+ * ================================================================
+ *
+ * Project Info:  http://cewolf.sourceforge.net
+ * Project Lead:  Guido Laures (guido@laures.de);
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002, by Guido Laures
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
+ * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package de.laures.cewolf.taglib.tags;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.GradientPaint;
+import java.awt.Paint;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.awt.image.ColorModel;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/** 
+ * Special gradient paint which can be serialized.
+ * @see GradientPaint
+ * @author  Guido Laures 
+ */
+public class SerializableGradientPaint implements Paint, Serializable {
+
+    private int x1;
+    private int y1;
+    private Color c1 = Color.white;
+    private int x2;
+    private int y2;
+    private Color c2 = Color.white;
+    private boolean cyclic = false;
+    private transient Paint paint = null;
+
+    public SerializableGradientPaint() {
+    }
+
+    /** Creates a new instance of SerializableGradientPaint */
+    public SerializableGradientPaint(int x1, int y1, Color c1, int x2, int y2, Color c2) {
+        this.x1 = x1;
+        this.y1 = y1;
+        this.c1 = c1;
+        this.x2 = x2;
+        this.y2 = y2;
+        this.c2 = c2;
+    }
+
+    private Paint getPaint() {
+        if (paint == null) {
+            createPaint();
+        }
+        return paint;
+    }
+
+    private void createPaint() {
+        paint = new GradientPaint(x1, y1, c1, x2, y2, c2, cyclic);
+    }
+
+    public void setPoint1(int x, int y, Color c) {
+        this.x1 = x;
+        this.y1 = y;
+        this.c1 = c;
+    }
+
+    public void setPoint2(int x, int y, Color c) {
+        this.x2 = x;
+        this.y2 = y;
+        this.c2 = c;
+    }
+
+    public java.awt.PaintContext createContext(ColorModel colorModel, Rectangle rectangle, Rectangle2D rectangle2D,
+    AffineTransform affineTransform, RenderingHints renderingHints) {
+        return getPaint().createContext(colorModel, rectangle, rectangle2D, affineTransform, renderingHints);
+    }
+
+    public int getTransparency() {
+        return getPaint().getTransparency();
+    }
+
+    public void setCyclic(boolean b) {
+        this.cyclic = b;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "" + x1 + "," + y1 + "," + c1 + "," + x2 + "," + y2 + "," + c2;
+    }
+}