JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example

1-5. Creating Shapes

Problem

You want to create shapes to be placed on the scene graph.

Solution

Use JavaFX’s Arc, Circle, CubicCurve, Ellipse, Line, Path, Polygon, Polyline, QuadCurve, Rectangle, SVGPath, and Text classes in the javafx.scene.shape.* package. You may also use builder classes associated with each shape in the javafx.builders.* package.

The following code draws various complex shapes. The first complex shape involves a cubic curve drawn in the shape of a sine wave. The next shape, which I would like to call the ice cream cone, uses the path class that contains path elements (javafx.scene.shape.PathElement). The third shape is a Quadratic Bézier curve (QuadCurve) forming a smile. Our final shape is a delectable donut. We create ...