javafx.scene.paint

Class Paint

java.lang.Object

javafx.scene.paint.Paint

Direct Known Subclasses:

Color, ImagePattern, LinearGradient, RadialGradient

public abstract class Paint
extends java.lang.Object

Base class for a color or gradients used to fill shapes and backgrounds when rendering the scene graph.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Paint()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Paint	valueOf(java.lang.String value) Creates a paint value from a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Paint

public Paint()

Method Detail

valueOf

public static Paint valueOf(java.lang.String value)

Creates a paint value from a string representation. Recognizes strings representing Color, RadialGradient or LinearGradient. String specifying LinearGradient must begin with linear-gradient keyword and string specifying RadialGradient must begin with radial-gradient.

Parameters:

value - the string to convert

Returns:

a Color, RadialGradient or LinearGradient object holding the value represented by the string argument.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if value is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value cannot be parsed

See Also:

Color.valueOf(String), LinearGradient.valueOf(String), RadialGradient.valueOf(String)