Implementing JavaFX shapes in different methods each

I have this working JavaFX code, that is used to draw four different shapes in a root frame. I would like each shape to have its own method that implements it, that is for instance if it is a circle, something like public void circle()//statements but I don't know how to do it. Please help me. Thank you.

public void circle()//statements

package shapes;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.scene.shape.Line;
import javafx.scene.shape.Polygon;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**
*
* @author mach
*/
public class Shapes extends Application

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage)


Group root = new Group();
//Draw a line
Line line= new Line();
line.setStartX(150);
line.setStartY(20);
line.setEndX(270);
line.setEndY(20);
line.setStroke(Color.RED);

//Draw a circle radius (x,y,radius)
Circle circle = new Circle(70, 110, 30);
circle.setStroke(Color.RED);
circle.setFill(Color.AQUA);

//draw a Rectangle(x, y, width, height);
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(200, 90, 70,50);
rect.setStroke(Color.WHITE);
rect.setFill(Color.BLUE);

//Draw a triange
Polygon triangle = new Polygon();
triangle.getPoints().addAll(50.0, 0.0, 50.0, 50.0,100.0, 50.0);


Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 300);
//add all the created objects to canvas
root.getChildren().addAll(line, circle, rect, triangle);

primaryStage.setTitle("PART 1!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();


/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args)
launch(args);





2 Answers
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Something like this?

public Circle getCircle()
Circle circle = new Circle(70, 110, 30);
circle.setStroke(Color.RED);
circle.setFill(Color.AQUA);
return circle;



Without knowing what you are working one, i only want to add that I generally would not know a good reason for using a method without any parameters here, and would advise against it.

Circle circle = getCircle();

root.getChildren().addAll(line, getCircle(), rect, triangle);

This is an extension of the answer above.
After some research, I found out how to add the shapes to the root frame. Inside the public void start(Stage primaryStage) method, create an object of the class Shape and use the object to call the methods for the shapes. Assign the objects to a variable and add them to the frame in my case (root).

public void start(Stage primaryStage)

public void start(Stage primaryStage)
Shapes frame = new Shapes();

Circle circle = frame.getCircle();
Rectangle rectangle= frame.getRectangle();


root.getChildren().addAll(circle, rectangle);

public Rectangle getRectangle()
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(200, 90, 70,50);
rect.setStroke(Color.WHITE);
rect.setFill(Color.BLUE);
return rect;



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