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JavaFX 1 2 Application Development Cookbook 1st
Edition Vladimir Vivien Digital Instant Download
Author(s): Vladimir Vivien
ISBN(s): 9781847198945, 1847198945
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.54 MB
Year: 2010
Language: english
­

JavaFX 1.2 Application

Development Cookbook

Over 80 recipes to create rich Internet applications with

many exciting features

Vladimir Vivien

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
JavaFX 1.2 Application Development Cookbook

Copyright © 2010 Packt Publishing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the
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 Credits

Author Editorial Team Leader

Vladimir Vivien Akshara Aware

Reviewers Project Team Leader

Anghel Leonard Priya Mukherji

Luca Masini
Project Coordinator
Meenakshi Verma
Leena Purkait

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Proofreader
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 About the Author

Vladimir Vivien is a software engineer living in the United States. Past and current
experience include development in Java and .Net for industries including publishing,
financial, and healthcare. He has worked with a varied number of technologies including
user-facing GUI frontends and backend middleware. Vladimir enjoys taking part in open
source projects. He is the author of JmxBuilder a Groovy DSL for instrumentation and
management that is now part of the core Groovy project. Vladimir has presented some
of his ideas at JavaOne, NFJS Software Symposium, and local Java user groups.

Besides JavaFX, he has a wide range of technology interests including Java, OSGi, Scala,
BugLabs, Arduino, SunSPOT, and any other interesting projects running on the JVM. You
can follow Vladimir through his blog: http://blog.vladimirvivien.com/, Twitter:
http://twitter.com/vladimirvivien, and LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
in/vvivien.

Firstly, I want to thank my wife for her support, especially during the crunch
period when I would lock myself in my office for hours to finish a chapter.
I also want to thank everyone who offered kind and encouraging words
that kept me going when I wanted to literally walk away from the project.

A special shout out goes to Sarah Cullington, my editor, who is the reason
that this book exists. Thank you, Sarah, for not giving up on the project
despite its many setbacks. Thanks to the entire Packt Publishing team
for taking the risk in a new author like myself, and in a nascent technology
like JavaFX.

Finally, I must give a shout out to to the Sun team, who saw the need for a
declarative language for rich client development on the VM, and seized the
opportunity to bring JavaFX to life. Although JavaFX is new in this space,
thanks to the hard work of these dedicated engineers, JavaFX is a complete
platform with a complete toolset for developing rich and engaging visual
applications on the JVM.
 About the Reviewers

Anghel Leonard is a senior Java developer with more than 12 years of experience
in Java SE, Java EE, and the related frameworks. He wrote and published more than
20 articles about Java technologies, and more than 100 tips and tricks. He also wrote
two books about XML and Java (one for beginners and one for advanced readers), and
one about JBoss Tools 3.0, with Packt Publishing. During this time, he developed web
applications using the latest technologies on the market. In the past two years, he has
been focused on developing RIA projects for GIS fields. He is interested in bringing as
much desktop as possible to the Web; therefore, GIS applications represents a real
challenge for him.

Luca Masini is a Senior Software Engineer and Architect, who started as a game
developer for Commodore 64 (Football Manager) and Commodore Amiga (Ken il
guerriero). He soon turned to object-oriented programming, and for that, he was
always attracted by the Java language, right from its beginning in 1995.

After having found his passion, he worked as a consultant for major Italian banks,
developing and integrating the main software projects for which he often took technical
leadership. He was able to adopt Java Enterprise in an environment where COBOL was
the flagship platform, converting it from mainframe-centric to distributed.

He then set his eyes upon open source technologies, starting from Linux and then
with enterprise frameworks, with which he was able to introduce some low-impact
concepts, such as IoC, ORM, MVC, and so on. For the the same reason, he was also
an early adopter of Spring, Hibernate, Struts, and a whole host of other technologies
that, in the long run, have given his customers a technological advantage, and
therefore a development cost-cut.
Lately, however, his attention has been completely directed towards the simplification and
standardization of development with Java EE, and for this reason, he is working at the
ICT of a large Italian company to introduce advanced build tools (Maven and Continuous
Integration), archetypes of project, and Agile Development with plain standards.

He has worked on the following books (from Packt):

ff Google Web Toolkit

ff Spring Web Flow 2
ff Spring Persistence with Hibernate

Gaga tu sei qui. Ah tu non fuggi. Tu mi risponderai fino all'ulitmo grido.

Meenakshi Verma has been a part of the IT industry since 1998. She is experienced
in putting up solutions across multiple industry segments using SAP BI, SAP Business
Objects, and Java/J2EE technologies. She is currently based in Toronto, Canada, and
is working with Enbridge Gas Distribution.

Meenakshi has been helping with technical reviews for books published by Packt
publishing across varied enterprise solutions. Her earlier works include JasperReports
for Java Developers, Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server, Practical
Data Analysis and Reporting with BIRT', and EJB 3 Developer's Guide, Learning DOJO.

I'd like to thank my father (Mr. Bhopal Singh) and mother (Mrs. Raj Bala) for
laying a strong foundation in me and giving me their unconditional love and
support. I also owe thanks and gratitude to my husband (Atul Verma) for his
encouragement and support throughout the review of this book, and many
others: my four year old son (Prieyaansh Verma) for giving me the warmth
of his love despite my hectic schedules, and my brother (Sachin Singh) for
always being there for me.
This book is dedicated to my son MJV: his smile is my daily inspiration.
 Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaFX 7
Introduction 7
Installing the JavaFX SDK 9
Setting up JavaFX for the NetBeans IDE 11
Setting up JavaFX for the Eclipse IDE 16
Using javafxc to compile JavaFX code 19
Creating and using JavaFX classes 22
Creating and using variables in JavaFX 25
Using binding and triggers to update variables 28
Creating and using JavaFX functions 32
Integrating your JavaFX code with Java 35
Creating and using JavaFX sequences 37
Working with JavaFX String 41
Chapter 2: Creating JavaFX Applications 45
Introduction 45
Building a JavaFX application 46
Drawing simple shapes 50
Creating complex shapes using Path 55
Creating shapes with constructive area geometry 57
Drawing letter shapes using the Text class 60
Handling user input 64
Arranging your nodes on stage 67
Making your scripts modular 70
Creating your own custom node 73
Controlling your application's window style 76
Going full-screen 79
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Chapter 3: Transformations, Animations, and Effects 81

Introduction 82
Modifying shapes with the Transformation API 82
Creating simple animation with the Transition API 85
Composing animation with the Transition API 89
Building animation with the KeyFrame API 93
Creating custom interpolators for animation 100
Morphing shapes with the DelegateShape class 102
Using data binding to drive animation sequences 104
Applying cool paint effects with gradients 107
Creating your own customized Paint 109
Adding depth with lighting and shadow effects 111
Creating your own Text effect 114
Adding visual appeal with the Reflection effect 116
Chapter 4: Components and Skinning 119
Introduction 119
Creating a form with JavaFX controls 120
Displaying data with the ListView control 125
Using the Slider control to input numeric values 128
Showing progress with the progress controls 131
Creating a custom JavaFX control 134
Embedding Swing components in JavaFX 139
Styling your applications with CSS 143
Using CSS files to apply styles 148
Skinning applications with multiple CSS files 152
Chapter 5: JavaFX Media 157
Introduction 157
Accessing media assets 158
Loading and displaying images with ImageView 159
Applying effects and transformations to images 163
Creating image effects with blending 167
Playing audio with MediaPlayer 172
Playing video with MediaView 175
Creating a media playback component 179
Chapter 6: Working with Data 185
Introduction 185
Saving data locally with the Storage API 186
Accessing remote data with HttpRequest 189
Downloading images with HttpRequest 192
Posting data to remote servers with HttpRequest 196
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Uploading files to servers with HttpRequest 200
Building RESTful clients with the PullParser API 204
Using the Feed API to create RSS/Atom clients 213
Visualizing data with the JavaFX chart API 220
Chapter 7: Deployment and Integration 225
Introduction 225
Building and packaging your app with an IDE 227
Building and packaging your app with javafxpackager 229
Packaging your app to be Web Start(ed) 232
Packaging your app as an applet 237
Passing arguments to JavaFX applications 242
Making your applets drag-to-install 245
Controlling JavaFX applets from JavaScript 250
Chapter 8: The JavaFX Production Suite 259
Introduction 259
Loading multiple images dynamically 260
Exporting Adobe Photoshop graphics to JavaFX 265
Exporting Adobe Illustrator graphics to JavaFX 269
Exporting Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to JavaFX 274
Using objects loaded from FXZ files 277
Appendin A: Mobile JavaFX 285
Appendin B: JavaFX Composer 287
Appendin C: JavaFX Products and Frameworks 289
Appendin D: Best Practices for Development 291
Appendin E: Best Practices for Deployment 295
Index 299

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This book is a collection of code recipes, examples, and informative discourses designed
to enable the reader to get started with creating JavaFX application quickly. The book is
arranged as a series of loosely related code recipes that a reader can easily select to fit
his or her needs. It exposes readers to a great variety of topics designed to satisfy different
skill levels. Readers will learn about the language, animation techniques, paints, effects,
JavaFX controls, integration of Swing components, styling with CSS, audio/video, deployment
practices, and JavaFX integration with Adobe design tools.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with JavaFX... This is the "getting started" chapter of the book. It
provides introductory materials to the platform, including installation instructions to get your
environment set up. It also covers language basics such as classes, data types, function
usage, variable declaration, data binding, triggers, Java and JavaFX integration.

Chapter 2, Creating JavaFX Applications... This chapter covers the essential building blocks
of the JavaFX application framework, including primitive shapes, path, text, constructive area
geometry, mouse/keyboard input, custom node, and window styling.

Chapter 3, Transformations, Animations, and Effects... This chapter explores the animation
capabilities supported in JavaFX. You start with the Transition API to quickly build simple
animations. The material continues to cover the KeyFrame API for more advanced animation
sequences. You will learn about colors, effects, and how to create your own custom paint
and effects.

Chapter 4, Components and Skinning... This chapter is divided into two sections. The first
section shows readers how to use the set of standard JavaFX controls. The chapter also
shows how to embed Swing components in your JavaFX scene graph. You will also learn how
to create your own custom visual controls. The second section of the chapter introduces the
reader to JavaFX's support for CSS. The reader will learn how to style controls using inline
and externalized CSS to create skins.
Preface

Chapter 5, JavaFX Media... One of the exciting features of JavaFX is its inherent support for
multimedia. JavaFX includes support for rendering of images in multiple formats and support
for playback of audio and video on all platforms where JavaFX is supported. In this chapter,
readers learn how to display and manipulate images using the Image API. They will also learn
how to playback both audio and video using the Media API. The chapter shows also how to
create practical custom playback controls.

Chapter 6, Working with Data... JavaFX provides superb support for accessing and
manipulating data both locally and remotely. In this chapter, readers are introduced to the
Storage API for local data storage. It provides extensive coverage of JavaFX's HttpRequest API
for accessing data on remote web servers. Readers will learn how to use JavaFX's XML and
JSON parsers to build RESTful client mashups using popular services such as Google Map,
Yahoo Weather, and Zillow Listing. Finally, the chapter explores JavaFX's built-in Chart API for
data visualization.

Chapter 7, Deployment and Integration... This chapter provides coverage of the deployment
mechanism supported by JavaFX. Readers will learn how to properly build and package their
applications to target the different runtimes supported by JavaFX, including the web browser
and the desktop. Readers learn how to create Java Web Start-ready applications using the
build tools included in the SDK. The chapter shows how to write JavaScript that communicates
with your JavaFX applet while running within the browser.

Chapter 8, The JavaFX Production Suite... This chapter covers JavaFX's integral support for
designer tools from Adobe, including Illustrator and Photoshop. Readers are walked through
the process of exporting creative assets using the JavaFX Production Suite plugins available
for these tools. The chapters also shows how to integrate exported objects from Photoshop
and Illustrator into JavaFX.

Appendix A, Mobile JavaFX... In this appendix, readers learn about JavaFX's support for mobile
development. You will learn about development techniques to target mobile devices and tool
support available to get your JavaFX app in the mobile space.

Appendix B, JavaFX Composer... By the time you get your hands on this book, JavaFX
Composer will be available as part of NetBeans. This appendix introduces the reader
to the tool and its features.

Appendix C, JavaFX Products and Frameworks... This appendix introduces the user to the
community support that is developing around JavaFX. Readers learn about several open
source projects and commercial tools available for JavaFX.

Appendix D, Best Practices for Development... As the tile of this appendix indicates, readers
will learn about key practices to use when creating JavaFX development.

Appendix E, Best Practices for Deployment... This appendix is a continuation of chapter 7. It

discusses practices that should be applied when building and deploying JavaFX applications.

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What you need for this book

ff JavaFX SDK 1.2
ff Java Development Kit (JDK)
ff NetBeans or Eclipse
ff JDK 6 update 14 (or later)

Who this book is for

This book is for Java developers, RIA content developers, and graphic designers who want to
build RIAs featuring animations, videos and other feature-rich content. If you have knowledge
of Java, JavaScript, JavaFX components, you can exploit this book to your advantage.

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<jnlp>
...
<resources>
<j2se version="1.5+" java-vm-args="-Xmx256M"/>
...
</resources>
...
</jnlp>

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or items are set in bold:
<jnlp>
...
<application-desc
main-class="com.sun.javafx.runtime.main.Main">
<argument>MainJavaFXScript=param.demo.Main</argument>
<argument>name=World</argument>
</application-desc>
...
</jnlp>

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