Vector based Graphic support?

[chengenzhao]

Hi:

Currently JavaFX/FXGL supports pixel bitmap Image & ImageView as basic Node
I would like to provide vector based graphic node to FXGL just like SVG
but different from that
We called it JVG which means Java/Json based vector graphic while SVG is xml based

Here is the source code:

https://github.com/chengenzhao/fxcity/tree/main/src/main/java/com/whitewoodcity/fxgl/vectorview

and JVG is made of different JVGLayers
each layer is a Path shape and can be described as a String
like
M x,y L x1,y1 etc.
and JVG combine these layers as a Group

and since this data is just a string so it could be wrapped as Json and persist as Json too
so JVG and JVGLayer also have toJson and fromJson method
which will generate persistent Json data
and also restore Object from it
& json based resources could be released to the maven central

and we also provide JVG editor here is the sample

JVG editor project is here:
https://github.com/chengenzhao/svg-editor
the source code of this JVG is here:
https://github.com/chengenzhao/xtrike-resources/blob/main/src/main/resources/com/whitewoodcity/xtrikeresources/clancy/scarl.jvg
and released on maven central:
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.chengenzhao/xtrike-resources

and the best part of vector based graphic is scaling will reserve the shape of graphics
so there is zoom method in the JVG & JVGLayer
which allow users to amplify or narrow the graphics

and finally we also provide snapshot of JVG & JVGLayer
using .toImage or .toImageView to transfer the vector graphics to bitmap

Any suggestions would be helpful?

Thanks

[AlmasB]

Thanks, looks quite interesting. Is there a full specification for the format? How is it different to SVG syntax-wise?

I didn't see anything specific to FXGL, so you can probably actually target JavaFX in general as a standalone project, so that non-FXGL devs can make use of it. You can then make this available as a library? This looks like could work as a substitute for javafx serialization.