public synchronized void switchEarthView() {
// This method will switch between Earth "modes", the modes being either Mini or Large
// Needs to be synchronized, since it will be removing and adding nodes while the program is
// running
// In my example, I am using BorderLayout and I switching between displaying the mini Earth in
// the
// left pane and the large Earth in the center.
// The large Earth responds to scrolling, the mini Earth does not and should simply rotate
// continuously.
if (fullEarth) {
centerGrid.getChildren().remove(0);
leftBarGrid.getChildren().add(earthViewer.getMiniEarth());
initCenter();
fullEarth = false;
} else {
leftBarGrid.getChildren().remove(0);
centerGrid.getChildren().add((earthViewer.getLargeEarth()));
earthViewer.startEarth();
fullEarth = true;
}
}
public CustomLayout() {
// Earth Viewer takes two parameters, one is the desired radius of your mini Earth
// and one is the desired radius of your large Earth
// This was done so that each client could easily size the Earth to fit in with their GUI
earthViewer = new EarthViewer(70, 250);
// Start rotate will put the earthViewer object in an automatic and continuous rotation (this is
// for the mini view)
earthViewer.startRotate();
initTopBar();
initLeftBar();
initCenter();
this.setTop(topBar);
this.setLeft(leftBarGrid);
}
private void initLeftBar() {
leftBarGrid.setHgap(10);
leftBarGrid.setVgap(10);
leftBarGrid.setPadding(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
leftBarGrid.add(earthViewer.getMiniEarth(), 0, 0);
}