Index: lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/StringUtil.java
diff -u lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/StringUtil.java:1.4 lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/StringUtil.java:1.5
--- lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/StringUtil.java:1.4	Fri Sep 17 15:48:17 2004
+++ lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/StringUtil.java	Tue Nov  2 16:51:28 2004
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@
 *
 * @author POUSSIN Benjamin <bpoussin@free.fr>
 * Copyright Code Lutin
-* @version $Revision: 1.4 $
+* @version $Revision: 1.5 $
 *
-* Mise a jour: $Date: 2004/09/17 15:48:17 $
-* par : $Author: mazelier $
+* Mise a jour: $Date: 2004/11/02 16:51:28 $
+* par : $Author: bpoussin $
 */
 package org.codelutin.util;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -108,6 +112,44 @@
     public static char toChar(String s){
         //fixme a revoir
         return s.charAt(0) ;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Essai de convertir une chaine de caractere en une couleur si possible
+    * si ce n'est pas possible retourne null.
+    * @param s la couleur sous la forme de string, par exemple "red", "yellow"
+    * ou bien en RGB "#FFAA99", et avec un canal alpha "#FFAA3366"
+    * @return la couleur demandé si possible sinon null
+    */
+    public static Color toColor(String s){
+        try{
+            if(s.startsWith("#")){
+                // récuperation des valeurs hexa
+                String hr = s.substring(1, 3);
+                String hg = s.substring(3, 5);
+                String hb = s.substring(5, 7);
+
+                // conversion en entier
+                int r = Integer.parseInt(hr, 16);
+                int g = Integer.parseInt(hg, 16);
+                int b = Integer.parseInt(hb, 16);
+
+                if(s.length() == 9){
+                    // s'il y a un canal alpha on l'utilise
+                    String ha = s.substring(7, 9);
+                    int a = Integer.parseInt(ha, 16);
+                    return new Color(r, g, b, a);
+                }else{
+                    return new Color(r, g, b);
+                }
+            }else{
+                Field f = Color.class.getField(s);
+                return (Color)f.get(Color.class);
+            }
+        }catch(Exception eee){
+            Logger.getLogger(StringUtil.class.getName() + ".toColor").log(Level.WARNING, "Error during conversion from string to color", eee);
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     public static Date toDate(String s) throws ParseException{

Index: lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/ArrayUtil.java
diff -u /dev/null lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/ArrayUtil.java:1.1
--- /dev/null	Tue Nov  2 16:51:33 2004
+++ lutinutil/src/java/org/codelutin/util/ArrayUtil.java	Tue Nov  2 16:51:28 2004
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* *##%
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Code Lutin, Cédric Pineau,
+ *    Benjamin Poussin
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *##%*/
+
+/* *
+ * ArrayUtil.java
+ *
+ * Created: 31 oct. 2004
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Poussin <poussin@codelutin.com>
+ * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
+ *
+ * Mise a jour: $Date: 2004/11/02 16:51:28 $
+ * par : $Author: bpoussin $
+ */
+
+package org.codelutin.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ArrayUtil { // ArrayUtil
+
+    /**
+    * Permet de convertir un tableau en une liste, le type primitif
+    * est encapsulé dans un objet.
+    */
+    static public List asList(double [] a){
+        ArrayList result = new ArrayList(a.length);
+        for(int i=0; i<a.length; i++){
+            result.add(new Double(a[i]));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+} // ArrayUtil
+