JavaFX - Shearing Transformation

A transformation that slants the shape of an object is called the Shear Transformation. There are two shear transformations X-Shear and Y-Shear. One shifts the X coordinate values and the other shifts the Y coordinate values. However, in both the cases only one coordinate changes its coordinates and the other preserves its values. Shearing is also termed as Skewing.

Example

Following is the program which demonstrates shearing in JavaFX. Here, we are creating 2 polygons (nodes) at the same location, with the same dimensions, but with different colors (Blue and Transparent). We are also applying shearing on the transparent polygon.

Save this code in a file with the name ShearingExample.java.

import javafx.application.Application; 
import javafx.scene.Group; 
import javafx.scene.Scene; 
import javafx.scene.paint.Color; 
import javafx.scene.shape.Polygon; 
import javafx.scene.transform.Shear; 
import javafx.stage.Stage; 
         
public class ShearingExample extends Application { 
   @Override 
   public void start(Stage stage) {      
      Polygon hexagon1 = new Polygon();        
      
      //Adding coordinates to the hexagon 
      hexagon1.getPoints().addAll(new Double[]{         
         200.0, 50.0,
         400.0, 50.0, 
         450.0, 150.0,          
         400.0, 250.0, 
         200.0, 250.0,                   
         150.0, 150.0, 
      }); 
      //Setting the fill color for the hexagon 
      hexagon1.setFill(Color.BLUE); 
      
      hexagon1.setStroke(Color.BLACK); 
      Polygon hexagon2 = new Polygon();        
      
      //Adding coordinates to the hexagon 
      hexagon2.getPoints().addAll(new Double[]{        
         200.0, 50.0, 
         400.0, 50.0, 
         450.0, 150.0,          
         400.0, 250.0, 
         200.0, 250.0,                   
         150.0, 150.0, 
      }); 
      //Setting the fill color for the hexagon 
      hexagon2.setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT); 
      hexagon2.setStroke(Color.BLACK); 
       
      //Creating shear transformation 
      Shear shear = new Shear(); 
      
      //Setting the pivot points 
      shear.setPivotX(200); 
      shear.setPivotY(250); 
      
      //Setting the dimensions for the shear 
      shear.setX(0.5); 
      shear.setY(0.0); 
       
      //Adding the transformation to the polygon  
      hexagon2.getTransforms().addAll(shear); 
      
      //Creating a Group object  
      Group root = new Group(hexagon1, hexagon2); 
         
      //Creating a scene object 
      Scene scene = new Scene(root, 600, 300);  
      
      //Setting title to the Stage 
      stage.setTitle("Shearing Example "); 
         
      //Adding scene to the stage 
      stage.setScene(scene); 
         
      //Displaying the contents of the stage 
      stage.show(); 
   }      
   public static void main(String args[]){ 
      launch(args); 
   } 
}

Compile and execute the saved java file from the command prompt using the following commands.

javac ShearingExample.java 
java ShearingExample

On executing, the above program generates a JavaFX window as shown below.