GraphicsBuilder

GraphicsBuilder is a Groovy builder for Java 2D

Module Overview

GraphicsBuilder provides an easy way to create Java2D graphics in a similar manner as JavaFX Script but in a groovier way. Here is the Groovy logo (kind of) drawn with GraphicsBuilder using the built-in GraphicsPad application

This is the code used to draw the logo

// turn on antialias
antialias( 'on' )
// create the Groovy star
star( ir: 40, or: 100, cx: 160, cy: 120, borderWidth: 4,
      fill: [118,167,183] as Color ){
   transformations{
      scale( y: 0.6 )
   }
}
// load the swingtime font, get it? Swing
def fontFile = new File("SWINM___.TTF")
font( Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT,fontFile).deriveFont(50.0f) )
// draw the text
text( text: 'Groovy', borderWidth: 4, fill: 'white' ){
   transformations{
       translate( x:80, y:30 )
       scale( y: 1.2 )
    }
}

Download

Distributions

graphicsbuilder-0.6
graphicsbuilder-0.6-dependencies

Installing

Drop all jar files into $GROOVY_HOME/lib
Drop the scripts into $GROOVY_HOME/bin

Since Groovy 1.1-beta-3 the Windows NSIS Installer includes GraphicsBuilder as an additional module to install (http://groovy.codehaus.org/Windows+NSIS-Installer)

Pre-requisites

GraphicsBuilder requires Groovy 1.5.0+ and Java 1.6+
Additional extensions have the following requisites

Extension	Java Version	Extra libraries
graphicsbuilder-ext-swingx	1.5+	swingx-0.9.2
graphicsbuilder-ext-svg	1.5+	batik-1.7 (the whole package)
graphicsbuilder-ext-swf	1.5+	transformSWF
graphicsbuilder-ext-jhlabs	1.5+	Filters.jar
graphicsbuilder-ext-jdk6	1.6+
graphicsbuilder-ext-animation	1.6+	Timing Framework
graphicsbuilder-ext-substance	1.6+	Substance + Substance extras 5.0dev

Documentation

Tutorials

Update: all graphics operation support binding in the same way as SwingBuilder does.

Developers

Andres Almiray

Source Control

http://svn.codehaus.org/groovy-contrib/graphicsbuilder

Building

GraphicsBuilder uses Maven2 as its build tool, which means that if you want to
build your own version from source you'll need to have it installed. Follow the
instructions at http://maven.apache.org.
Make sure to use maven 2.0.7 or higher.

Have fun!

Contributing

Please contact the team members by e-mail or use the mailing lists =)

Community

Mailing List(s)

http://groovy.codehaus.org/Mailing+Lists

Issue tracker

http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10242