Decoration (ControlsFX Project 11.0.2)

java.lang.Object
- org.controlsfx.control.decoration.Decoration

Direct Known Subclasses:

GraphicDecoration, StyleClassDecoration
```
public abstract class Decoration
extends Object
```
Decoration is an abstract class used by the ControlsFX Decorator class for adding and removing decorations on a node. ControlsFX ships with pre-built decorations, including GraphicDecoration and StyleClassDecoration.
To better understand how to use the ControlsFX decoration API in your application, refer to the code samples and explanations in Decorator.

See Also:

Decorator, GraphicDecoration, StyleClassDecoration

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected Decoration()
Instantiates a default Decoration instance (obviously only callable by subclasses).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Node`	`applyDecoration(Node targetNode)`	This method decorates the given target node with the relevant decorations, returning any 'decoration node' that needs to be added to the scenegraph (although this can be null).
`Map<String,Object>`	`getProperties()`	Custom decoration properties
`abstract void`	`removeDecoration(Node targetNode)`	This method removes the decoration from the given target node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Decoration
```
protected Decoration()
```
    Instantiates a default Decoration instance (obviously only callable by subclasses).
- Method Detail
  - applyDecoration
```
public abstract Node applyDecoration(Node targetNode)
```
    This method decorates the given target node with the relevant decorations, returning any 'decoration node' that needs to be added to the scenegraph (although this can be null). When the returned Node is null, this indicates that the decoration will be handled internally by the decoration (which is preferred, as the default implementation is not ideal in most circumstances).
    When the boolean parameter is false, this method removes the decoration from the given target node, always returning null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    targetNode - The node to decorate.
    
    Returns:
    
    The decoration, but null is a valid return value.
  - removeDecoration
```
public abstract void removeDecoration(Node targetNode)
```
    This method removes the decoration from the given target node.
    
    Parameters:
    
    targetNode - The node to undecorate.
  - getProperties
```
public final Map<String,Object> getProperties()
```
    Custom decoration properties
    
    Returns:
    
    decoration properties