Java Illuminated, 5th Edition

4.4 Drawing Custom Shapes

To draw custom shapes we create a path, which consists of a series of coordinates between which the JavaFX platform should draw lines. Our resulting shape can be displayed either outlined or filled. Only one path can be defined at a time. Table 4.7 shows the methods we use to create and display a path.

TABLE 4.7 Path Drawing Methods of the GraphicsContext Class

Return value	Method name and argument list
void	beginPath( ) sets the drawing path to empty
void	moveTo( double x, double y ) moves to the (x, y) location without adding a line to the path
void	lineTo( double x, double y ) adds a line to the current path from the previous location to (x, y)
void	closePath( ) closes the path by adding a line ...