Dynamically change the color of JProgressBar based on its value

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Code

class GradientPalletProgressBarUI extends BasicProgressBarUI {
  private final int[] pallet;
  public GradientPalletProgressBarUI() {
    super();
    this.pallet = makeGradientPallet();
  }
  private static int[] makeGradientPallet() {
    BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(100, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
    Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics();
    Point2D start = new Point2D.Float(0f, 0f);
    Point2D end = new Point2D.Float(99f, 0f);
    float[] dist = {0f, .5f, 1f};
    Color[] colors = {Color.RED, Color.YELLOW, Color.GREEN};
    g2.setPaint(new LinearGradientPaint(start, end, dist, colors));
    g2.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 1);
    g2.dispose();
    int width = image.getWidth(null);
    int[] pallet = new int[width];
    PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, width, 1, pallet, 0, width);
    try {
      pg.grabPixels();
    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    return pallet;
  }
  private static Color getColorFromPallet(int[] pallet, float x) {
    if (x < 0d || x > 1d) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter outside of expected range");
    }
    int i = (int) (pallet.length * x);
    int max = pallet.length - 1;
    int index = i < 0 ? 0 : i > max ? max : i;
    return new Color(pallet[index] & 0x00ffffff);
    //translucent
    //int pix = pallet[index] & 0x00ffffff | (0x64 << 24);
    //return new Color(pix), true);
  }
  @Override public void paintDeterminate(Graphics g, JComponent c) {
    Insets b = progressBar.getInsets(); // area for border
    int barRectWidth = progressBar.getWidth() - b.right - b.left;
    int barRectHeight = progressBar.getHeight() - b.top - b.bottom;
    if (barRectWidth <= 0 || barRectHeight <= 0) {
      return;
    }
    //int cellLength = getCellLength();
    //int cellSpacing = getCellSpacing();
    // amount of progress to draw
    int amountFull = getAmountFull(b, barRectWidth, barRectHeight);

    // draw the cells
    if (progressBar.getOrientation() == SwingConstants.HORIZONTAL) {
      float x = amountFull / (float) barRectWidth;
      g.setColor(getColorFromPallet(pallet, x));
      g.fillRect(b.left, b.top, amountFull, barRectHeight);
    } else { // VERTICAL
      float y = amountFull / (float) barRectHeight;
      g.setColor(getColorFromPallet(pallet, y));
      g.fillRect(b.left, barRectHeight + b.bottom - amountFull, barRectWidth, amountFull);
    }

    // Deal with possible text painting
    if (progressBar.isStringPainted()) {
      paintString(g, b.left, b.top, barRectWidth, barRectHeight, amountFull, b);
    }
  }
}

References

• Dynamically change the color of JProgressBar based on its value(Japanese)