How do I get all nodes in a parent in JavaFX?

Question

In C# I found a method that was pretty sweet that allowed you to get all the descendants and all of THEIR descendants from a specified control.

I\'m looking for a si

Answer 1

I use this,

public class NodeUtils {

    public static  List paneNodes(T parent) {
        return paneNodes(parent, new ArrayList());
    }

    private static  List paneNodes(T parent, List nodes) {
        for (Node node : parent.getChildren()) {
            if (node instanceof Pane) {
                paneNodes((Pane) node, nodes);
            } else {
                nodes.add(node);
            }
        }

        return nodes;
    }
}

Usage,

List nodes = NodeUtils.paneNodes(aVBoxOrAnotherContainer);

This source code uses the references of the existing nodes. It does not clone them.