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Implementation of a scrolling string.
public class ScrollingString {
private String original;
private int width;
private int position;
public ScrollingString(String original, int width) {
if (width <= 0)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Width value has to be greater than 0");
else if (original.length() < width)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("String length has to be greater than the width value");
this.original = original;
this.width = width;
}
public void scrollForward() {
position++;
if (position == original.length())
reset();
}
public void scrollBackward() {
position--;
if (position < 0)
position = original.length() - 1;
}
public void reset() {
position = 0;
}
public void setOriginal(String original) {
if (original.length() < width)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("String length has to be greater than the width value");
this.original = original;
reset();
}
public void append(String s) {
original += s;
}
public String getOriginal() {
return this.original;
}
public String getScrolled() {
int e = position + width;
return e > original.length() ? original.substring(position, original.length()) + original.substring(0, width - (original.length() - position)) : original.substring(position, e);
}
public int getWidth() {
return this.width;
}
public int getPosition() {
return this.position;
}
}
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How can i make it so colours don't disappear?

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