[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 17 ■ Enhancing Game Play: Creating a Scoring Engine, Adding Treasure and an Enemy Auto-Attack Engine
Figure 17-7. Add the scoreLabel object instantiation and configuration method calls underneath the scoreText object
As you can see in Figure 17-8, you need to remember to add this second scoreLabel Text Node to the Scene
Graph root object, which used to be a StackPane, but which is now a Group object. This is done using a method chain,
that you should be getting quite familiar with by now: root.getChildren().add(scoreLabel); and notice that the
addNodesToStackPane() method is beginning to see more use now that we are adding more UI elements to the game.
Even though the gameScore variable will be updated dynamically during game play, these Text objects will be static in
nature, since they are declared, instantiated, configured, and positioned at start-up, just like your other UI elements.
Figure 17-8. Add the scoreLabel Text Node object to the JavaFX Scene Graph using a .getChildren().add() method chain
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