The Java Boutique: Confetti Source - Starting life as a snow, this popular applet was converted to confetti by popular request!

//################################################################### // // Confetti.java (C)2000 amIbleeding.com // //################################################################### import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; public class Confetti extends Applet implements Runnable { private Thread m_snow = null; private int flakes[][]; private Image offscreenImage; private String m_back = "none"; private Image backdrop; private Graphics offscreenGraphics; private Image frame; private int[] colors; private Color[] cl={Color.red,Color.green, Color.blue, Color.yellow, Color.cyan,Color.magenta, Color.orange, Color.pink, Color.white, Color.lightGray, Color.gray, Color.darkGray, Color.black}; private String[] cNames={"red","green","blue", "yellow", "cyan", "magenta","orange","pink","white","lightGray","gray","darkGray", "black"}; private int xSize; private int ySize; private int pixSize; private int amount = 0; private int delay; private int xMin,xMax,yMin,yMax; public String getAppletInfo() { return "Name: Confetti\r\n" + "Author: amIbleeding.com\r\n" + "Created with Microsoft Visual J++ Version 1.1"; } public void init() { String param; colors = new int[13]; amount=0; for (int t=0;t<13;t++) { param = getParameter(cNames[t]); if (param != null) colors[t] = Integer.parseInt(param); } param = getParameter("pixSize"); if (param != null) pixSize = Integer.parseInt(param); else pixSize=2; for (int t=0;t<13;t++) { int tmp=colors[t]; colors[t]+=amount; amount+=tmp; } flakes = new int[amount][2]; param = getParameter("back"); if (param != null) m_back = param; param = getParameter("frame"); if (param != null) frame = getImage(getCodeBase(),param); else frame=null; param = getParameter("delay"); if (param != null) delay= Integer.parseInt(param); else delay=100; param = getParameter("xMin"); if (param != null) xMin= Integer.parseInt(param); else xMin=0; param = getParameter("xMax"); if (param != null) xMax= Integer.parseInt(param); else xMax=3; param = getParameter("yMin"); if (param != null) yMin= Integer.parseInt(param); else yMin=0; param = getParameter("yMax"); if (param != null) yMax= Integer.parseInt(param); else yMax=5; xSize=size().width; ySize=size().height; backdrop=getImage(getCodeBase(),m_back); for(int i=0;i xSize-1) flakes[i][0] = 0; if (flakes[i][1] > ySize-1) { flakes[i][1] = 0; flakes[i][0] = (int)(Math.random()*xSize); } while (i>colors[onCl]) {onCl++; offscreenGraphics.setColor(cl[onCl]); } offscreenGraphics.fillRect(flakes[i][0],flakes[i][1],pixSize,pixSize); } if (frame != null) { offscreenGraphics.drawImage(frame,0,0,xSize,ySize,null); } } public void destroy() { offscreenGraphics.dispose(); } public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawImage(offscreenImage,0,0,this); } public void update(Graphics g) { paint(g); } public void start() { if (m_snow == null) { m_snow = new Thread(this); m_snow.start(); } } public void stop() { if (m_snow != null) { m_snow.stop(); m_snow = null; } } public void run() { MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker(this); mt.addImage(backdrop,0); if (frame!=null) { mt.addImage(frame,0); } try { mt.waitForAll(); } catch (Exception e) {} while (true) { try { long nw=System.currentTimeMillis(); newimage(); repaint(); long tm=delay-(System.currentTimeMillis()-nw); if (tm<10) {tm=10;} Thread.sleep(tm); newimage(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { stop(); } } } }