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<p><table class="wysiwyg-macro" data-macro-name="excerpt" data-macro-parameters="atlassian-macro-output-type=BLOCK" style="background-image: url(/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/macro-heading?definition=e2V4Y2VycHQ6YXRsYXNzaWFuLW1hY3JvLW91dHB1dC10eXBlPUJMT0NLfQ&amp;locale=en_GB&amp;version=2); background-repeat: no-repeat;" data-macro-body-type="RICH_TEXT"><tr><td class="wysiwyg-macro-body"><p>GraphicsBuilder is a Groovy builder for Java 2D</p></td></tr></table></p>

<h2>Module Overview</h2>

<p>GraphicsBuilder provides an easy way to create Java2D graphics in a similar manner as <a href="https://openjfx.dev.java.net/">JavaFX Script</a> but in a groovier way. Here is the Groovy logo (kind of) drawn with GraphicsBuilder using the built-in GraphicsPad application</p>

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<p>This is the code used to draw the logo</p>
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// 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 )
    }
}
</pre></td></tr></table>

<h2>Download</h2>

<h3>Distributions</h3>

<p><a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/12190076/graphicsbuilder-0.6.1.zip">graphicsbuilder-0.6.1 (with dependencies)</a><br />
<a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/12190076/graphicsbuilder-0.6.zip">graphicsbuilder-0.6</a><br />
<a href="http://docs.codehaus.org/download/attachments/12190076/graphicsbuilder-0.6-dependencies.zip">graphicsbuilder-0.6-dependencies</a></p>

<h3>Installing</h3>

<p>Drop all jar files into $GROOVY_HOME/lib<br />
Drop the scripts into $GROOVY_HOME/bin</p>

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

<h3>Pre-requisites</h3>

<p>GraphicsBuilder 0.6.0 requires Groovy 1.5.0+ and Java 1.6+<br />
Additional extensions have the following requisites</p>
<table class="confluenceTable"><tbody>
<tr>
<th class="confluenceTh"><p> Extension </p></th>
<th class="confluenceTh"><p> Java Version </p></th>
<th class="confluenceTh"><p> Extra libraries </p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-swingx </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.5+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> swingx-0.9.2 </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-svg </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.5+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> batik-1.7 (the whole package) </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-swf </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.5+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> transformSWF </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-jhlabs </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.5+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> Filters.jar </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-jdk6 </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.6+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-animation </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.6+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> Timing Framework </p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> graphicsbuilder-ext-substance </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> 1.6+ </p></td>
<td class="confluenceTd"><p> Substance + Substance extras 5.0 </p></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

<p><strong>GraphicsBuilder 0.6.1 requires Groovy 1.6-beta-2</strong></p>

<h2>Documentation</h2>

<p><a class="confluence-link" href="/display/GROOVY/GraphicsBuilder+-+Tutorials" data-linked-resource-id="87195657" data-linked-resource-type="page" data-linked-resource-default-alias="GraphicsBuilder - Tutorials" data-base-url="http://docs.codehaus.org">Tutorials</a></p>

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<p><strong>Update:</strong> all graphics operation support binding in the same way as <a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/SwingBuilder.bind">SwingBuilder</a> does.</p>

<h2>Developers</h2>

<p>Andres Almiray</p>

<h3>Source Control</h3>

<p><a href="http://svn.codehaus.org/groovy-contrib/graphicsbuilder">http://svn.codehaus.org/groovy-contrib/graphicsbuilder</a></p>

<h3>Building</h3>

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

<h3>Contributing</h3>

<p>Please contact the team members by e-mail or use the mailing lists =)</p>

<h2>Community</h2>

<h3>Mailing List(s)</h3>

<p><a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/Mailing+Lists">http://groovy.codehaus.org/Mailing+Lists</a></p>

<h3>Issue tracker</h3>

<p><a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10242">http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10242</a></p>