Testing the usage of the converter

It is possible to test the usage of the converter with a script setting the Node structure.

The associated application is available as the org.jfxonverter.app.JFXConverterApp. Note that is is only available in the IDE (the associated code is not distributed in the jfxConverter.jar library).

Usage

The application allows to execute a Groovy script defining a Node structure and convert the structure to a SVG, EPS, or PPT image. Starting the application will present the following window:





To use this application:

• Set the groovy file to use to create the Node structure
• Check the "Extended Conversion" checkbox if you want to keep the containers as groups in the converted image (if the output file format support them), and handle the JavaFX effects
• Click on "Convert" and choose the output file format to execute the conversion

Note that the "Convert" button is only available after the script file has been chosen:

Script definition

The script must have a public Node getContent() method. A context object is available giving access to the following methods:

• getScriptFile(): the script file
• getPath(String): the absolute path of a file specified by a path relative to the script file
• getCSS(String): the CSS path of a file specified by a path relative to the script file, usable to add a StyleSheet to a Node parent

Script example

Simple example

The following script creates a rectangle and a line:

      import javafx.scene.*;
      import javafx.scene.layout.*;
      import javafx.scene.shape.*;
      import javafx.scene.paint.*;

      public Node getContent() {
      Pane pane = new Pane();
      Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 200, 200);
      rect.setFill(Color.YELLOW);
      rect.setStyle("-fx-fill: green; -fx-rotate: 45;");
      Line line = new Line(0, 0, 200, 200);
      line.setStroke(Color.RED);
      pane.getChildren().add(rect);
      pane.getChildren().add(line);
      return pane;
      }      

StyleSheet example

The following example returns a Pane and specifies the StyleSheet of the Pane defined in a CSS file in the same directory as the script file:

      import javafx.scene.*;
      import javafx.scene.layout.*;
      import javafx.scene.shape.*;
      import javafx.scene.paint.*;

      public Node getContent() {
      Pane pane = new Pane();
      String path = context.getCSS("pane.css");
      pane.getStylesheets().add(path);
      pane.getStyleClass().add("paneStyle");
      return pane;
      }