Similar to JavaFX, GraphicsBuilder now allows for the following area operations: add, subtract, intersect and xor. But it has a new twist as these operations allow more than two shapes, each shape will be subsequently applied to the previous compound. Here are some screenshots and sample code (just switch xor for any of the other operations, is that simple!)
xor( color: 'blue', strokeWidth: 4, fill: 'cyan' ){ rect( x: 10, y: 10, width: 290, height: 80, arcWidth: 20, arcHeight: 20 ) circle( cx: 80, cy: 80, radius: 50 ) polygon(points: [175, 38, 229, 69, 229, 131, 175, 162, 121, 131, 121, 69]) } text( text: 'XOR', x: 130, y: 80 ){ font( face: "Helvetica", style: Font.BOLD, size: 24 ) color( 'black' ) }








The builder has undergone other changes besides the addition of those operations:

• path() now accepts hline, vline and shape.
• the codebase has been split into maven2 modules: core, swingx and jdk6.
• Most of the operations are now written in Groovy as well as the builder.

Keep on Groovying!