[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 4 ■ An Introduction to JavaFX 8: Exploring the Capabilities of the Java 8 Multimedia Engine
Figure 4-9. Windowless JavaFX application seen at the top; completed Java and JavaFX code that achieves it seen in the IDE
Now that you have explored the javafx.stage package, let’s examine the javafx.geometry package next!
JavaFX Bounds and Dimensions: Using javafx.geometry Classes
Even though the term “geometry” technically applies to 2D and 3D assets, these are contained in a javafx.scene.shape
package, which I covered earlier (see the section “Scene Subpackages: The 13 Other Scene Packages”). The javafx.
geometry package could be considered more of a utility package, containing foundational classes for building 2D
and 3D constructs from scratch. As such, the package offers classes such as a Bounds superclass and its BoundingBox
subclass as well as Insets, Point2D, Point3D, Dimension2D, and Rectangle2D geometry content creation utility classes.
All the classes in the javafx.geometry package, except the BoundingBox class, were extended directly from the
java.lang.Object master class, meaning that they were each developed (coded) from scratch for providing points (also
called vertices), rectangles, dimensions, boundaries, and insets (inside boundaries) for use as geometric utilities for
JavaFX application development.
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