Is there a Java library out there that can aid in drawing cellular automata graphics?

I feel like this kind of task must be done pretty often but I am unable to find any widely known 开发者_如何学Clibraries or packages that can support this functionality. For example, this could be useful for Conway's Game of Life.

Looks like MASON is the answer:

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~eclab/projects/mason/

for those who are curious

Have you looked at Processing? There are numerous cellular automata implementations, including this fairly detailed example:

http://processing.org/learning/topics/wolfram.html

Have you considered game engines? These are not actually aimed for drawing cellular automata, but can help a lot with drawing of 2d-graphics in general:

Slick2D
Golden T Game Engine (GTGE)
LightWeight Java Game Library (LWJGL)