A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Could you please add the following functions to java.awt.Color? They take the components of a color and calculate the coresponding color integer value.

public static int getRGB(float red, float green, float blue);
public static int getRGB(float red, float green, float blue, float alpha);
public static int getRGB(int red, int green, int blue);
public static int getRGB(int red, int green, int blue, int alpha);


JUSTIFICATION :
This will eliminate the need to create new color objects simply to convert component into into the coresponding color.
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