public String colorize(String str,
    boolean support) 
{
        StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer(str.length() + 20);
        int parsecursor = 0;
        int foundcursor = 0;
        boolean done = false;
        while (!done) {
            foundcursor = str.indexOf(ColorHelper.MARKER_CODE, parsecursor);
            if (foundcursor != -1) {
                out.append(str.substring(parsecursor, foundcursor));
                if (support) {
                    out.append(addEscapeSequence(str.substring(foundcursor + 1,
                                foundcursor + 2)));
                }
                parsecursor = foundcursor + 2;
            } else {
                out.append(str.substring(parsecursor, str.length()));
                done = true;
            }
        }
        /*
 * This will always add a "reset all" escape sequence
 * behind the input string.
 * Basically this is a good idea, because developers tend to
 * forget writing colored strings properly.
 */
        if (support) {
            out.append(addEscapeSequence("a"));
        }
        return out.toString();
}

 public static Colorizer getReference() 
{
        if (Self != null) {
            return (Colorizer) Self;
        } else {
            return new Colorizer();
        }
}

 public static  void main(String[] args) 
{
        try {
            announceTest("Instantiation");
            myColorizer = Colorizer.getReference();
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Textcolor Tests");
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLACK);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.RED);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.GREEN);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.YELLOW);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLUE);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.MAGENTA);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.CYAN);
            fcolorTest(ColorHelper.white);
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Bold textcolor Tests");
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLACK);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.RED);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.GREEN);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.YELLOW);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLUE);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.MAGENTA);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.CYAN);
            bfcolorTest(ColorHelper.white);
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Background Tests");
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLACK);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.RED);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.GREEN);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.YELLOW);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.BLUE);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.MAGENTA);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.CYAN);
            bcolorTest(ColorHelper.white);
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Mixed Color Tests");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.colorizeText("COLOR",
                        ColorHelper.white, ColorHelper.BLUE), true) + "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.colorizeText("COLOR",
                        ColorHelper.YELLOW, ColorHelper.GREEN), true) + "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.boldcolorizeText("COLOR",
                        ColorHelper.white, ColorHelper.BLUE), true) + "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.boldcolorizeText("COLOR",
                        ColorHelper.YELLOW, ColorHelper.GREEN), true) + "< -");
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Style Tests");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.boldText("Bold"), true) +
                "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.italicText("Italic"), true) +
                "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.underlinedText("Underlined"),
                    true) + "< -");
            System.out.println("- >" +
                myColorizer.colorize(ColorHelper.blinkingText("Blinking"), true) +
                "< -");
            announceResult(true);
            announceTest("Visible length test");
            String colorized = ColorHelper.boldcolorizeText("STRING",
                    ColorHelper.YELLOW);
            System.out.println("- >" + myColorizer.colorize(colorized, true) +
                "< -");
            System.out.println("Visible length=" +
                ColorHelper.getVisibleLength(colorized));
            colorized = ColorHelper.boldcolorizeText("BANNER",
                    ColorHelper.white, ColorHelper.BLUE) +
                ColorHelper.colorizeText("COLOR", ColorHelper.white,
                    ColorHelper.BLUE) + ColorHelper.underlinedText("UNDER");
            System.out.println("- >" + myColorizer.colorize(colorized, true) +
                "< -");
            System.out.println("Visible length=" +
                ColorHelper.getVisibleLength(colorized));
            announceResult(true);
            if (false) {
                throw new Exception(); //this will shut up jikes
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            announceResult(false);
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
}