How to add fontawasome icon as a layer in geotools using javafx (Desktop App)? - javafx

Question

I have been using java 17 and I'm unable to add icons into the map as a layer. please help me.
void drawTarget(double x, double y) {
SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder builder = new SimpleFeatureTypeBuilder();
builder.setName("MyFeatureType");
builder.setCRS( DefaultGeographicCRS.WGS84 ); // set crs
builder.add("location", LineString.class); // add geometry
// build the type
SimpleFeatureType TYPE = builder.buildFeatureType();
// create features using the type defined
SimpleFeatureBuilder featureBuilder = new SimpleFeatureBuilder(TYPE);
// GeometryFactory geometryFactory = JTSFactoryFinder.getGeometryFactory();
// Coordinate[] coords =
// new Coordinate[] {new Coordinate(79,25.00), new Coordinate(x, y)};
// line = geometryFactory.createLineString(coords);
// ln = new javafx.scene.shape.Line();
FontAwesomeIcon faico = new FontAwesomeIcon();
faico.setIconName("FIGHTER_JET");
faico.setX(76);
faico.setY(25);
faico.setVisible(true);
// TranslateTransition trans = new TranslateTransition();
// trans.setNode(faico);
featureBuilder.add(faico);
SimpleFeature feature = featureBuilder.buildFeature("FeaturePoint");
DefaultFeatureCollection featureCollection = new DefaultFeatureCollection("external", TYPE);
featureCollection.add(feature); // Add feature 1, 2, 3, etc
Style style5 = SLD.createLineStyle(Color.YELLOW, 2f);
Layer layer5 = new FeatureLayer(featureCollection, style5);
map.addLayer(layer5);
// mapFrame.getMapPane().repaint();
}
I want to add a font-awesome icon to the map

Answer 1

Currently, your code is attempting to use an Icon as a Geometry in your feature. I'm guessing that's what isn't working since you don't say.
If you want to use an Icon to display the location of a Feature then you will need two things.
A valid geometry in your feature, probably a point (since an Icon is normally a point)
A valid Style to be used by the Renderer to draw your feature(s) on the map. Currently, you are asking for the line in your feature to be drawn using a yellow line (style5 = SLD.createLineStyle(Color.YELLOW, 2f);)
I can't really help with step 1, since I don't know where your fighter jet currently is.
For step 2 I suggest you look at the SLD resources to give you some clues of how the styling system works before going on the manual to see how GeoTools implements that.
Since you are trying to add an Icon I suggest you'd need something like:
List<GraphicalSymbol> symbols = new ArrayList<>();
symbols.add(sf.externalGraphic(svg, "svg", null)); // svg preferred
symbols.add(sf.externalGraphic(png, "png", null)); // png preferred
symbols.add(sf.mark(ff.literal("circle"), fill, stroke)); // simple circle backup plan
Expression opacity = null; // use default
Expression size = ff.literal(10);
Expression rotation = null; // use default
AnchorPoint anchor = null; // use default
Displacement displacement = null; // use default
// define a point symbolizer of a small circle
Graphic city = sf.graphic(symbols, opacity, size, rotation, anchor, displacement);
PointSymbolizer pointSymbolizer =
sf.pointSymbolizer("point", ff.property("the_geom"), null, null, city);
rule1.symbolizers().add(pointSymbolizer);
featureTypeStyle.rules().add(rule1);
But that assumes that you can convert your FontAwesomeIcon into a static representation that the renderer can draw (png, svg). If it doesn't work like that (I don't use JavaFX) then you may need to add a new MarkFactory to handle them.