Learn JavaFX 17: Building User Experience and Interfaces with Java

© The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

K. Sharan, P. SpäthLearn JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7848-2_18

18. Understanding Transformations

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What a transformation is

• What are translation, rotation, scale, and shear transformations and how to apply them to nodes

• How to apply multiple transformations to a node

The examples of this chapter lie in the com.jdojo.transform package. In order for them to work correctly, you must add a corresponding line to the module-info.java file:

...

opens com.jdojo.transform to javafx.graphics, javafx.base;

...

What Is a Transformation?

A transformation ...