private String checkColor(String color) {

        if (color != null) {
            if (color.indexOf("#") == -1) {
                // add the "#" to the color string
                color = "#" + color;
            }
            int colLength = color.length();
            if ((colLength == 4) || (colLength == 7)) {
                return color;
            }
        }
        return "#FFFFFF";
    }
private String checkColor ( String color ) { if ( color != null ) { if ( color . indexOf ( "#" ) == - 1 ) { color = "#" + color ; } int colLength = color . length ( ) ; if ( ( colLength == 4 ) || ( colLength == 7 ) ) { return color ; } } return "#FFFFFF" ; }
Check the stored color value to prevent display issues in the generated HTML ouput.<p>

@param color the color value to check
@return the checked color value