[API REVIEW] Add javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundInsets (RT-26277)

[Stephen F Northover]

Hi David,

Looks good.  Please update the JIRA with what you intend to do. People 
are welcome to follow along there if they have any ideas for a different 
API / approach.

Steve

On 2013-11-04 2:22 PM, David Grieve wrote:
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-26277 relates to the use of percentage values in -fx-background-insets. BackgroundFill (in javafx.scene.layout) uses Insets, which does not allow for a percentage value.
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> My proposal here is to simply copy the BorderWidths implementation to a BackgroundInsets class, with appropriate renaming along the way, and use it in place of Insets in BackgroundFill. The impact on the BackgroundFill API is:
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> -    public final Insets getInsets()
> +    public final BackgroundInsets getBackgroundInsets()
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> Since BackgroundFill is new in 8.0, backward compatibility is not a concern.
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