[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 14 ■ Setting Up the Game Environment: Creating Fixed Sprite Classes Using the Actor Superclass
Let’s use the exact same work process, and add a PropV object into the scene, so that we can see how this tile
image can be flipped and mirrored around the X axis, to create even more complex seamless tileable constructs for
your Java 8 game development. Let’s use the same naming convention, and name this new PropV object iPV0. Your
new Java instantiation statement, which can be seen in Figure 14-24, should look like the following line of Java code:
iPV0 = new PropV("M150 0 L75 200 L225 200 Z", 0, 0, iP0);
The next logical step to adding a fixed sprite prop, is to add the ImageView Node object for this iPV0 PropV object
into the Scene Graph root StackPane object. This is accomplished using the .getChildren().add() method chain,
which references the spriteFrame ImageView object, which lives inside of the iPV0 PropV object, using dot notation.
This can be accomplished by using the following Java programming statement, which is also shown in Figure 14-24:
root.getChildren().add(iPV0.spriteFrame);
Finally, we will use the .addCurrentCast() method, that we created in Chapter 10, to add this iPV0 object to the
CURRENT_CAST List ArrayList object, inside of the castDirector CastingDirector object, using the following
line of Java code, which is also shown at the very bottom of Figure 14-24:
castDirector.addCurrentCast(iPV0);
Figure 14-24. Instantiate an iPV0 PropV object, add it to the root Scene Graph, and add it to a CurrentCast List
Finally, let’s add a PropB object into the scene, so that I can show you how your tileable image can be flipped
(mirrored) around both the X and the Y axes at the same time. We’ll follow our naming convention, naming the PropB
object iPB0. The instantiation statement, which can be seen in Figure 14-25, should look like the following Java code:
iPB0 = new PropB("M150 0 L75 200 L225 200 Z", 0, 0, iP0);
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