meerkat-java/voting-booth-gui/src/main/welcome_splash/WelcomeSplashLoader.java

package main.welcome_splash;

import javafx.concurrent.Task;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import main.TwoWayNode;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Created by Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev on 8/27/2016.
 * WelcomeSplashLoader creates welcome spalash object and sets its controller
 */
public class WelcomeSplashLoader {
    private static final String SPLASH_SCREEN_ON_BOOT_FXML_PATH = "welcome_splash_screen.fxml";

    private Stage currentStage;
    private FXMLLoader  fxmlLoader;

    public WelcomeSplashLoader(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException
    {
       // Parent splashScreenOnBootRoot = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource(SPLASH_SCREEN_ON_BOOT_FXML_PATH));
        fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(SPLASH_SCREEN_ON_BOOT_FXML_PATH));
        currentStage = primaryStage;
       // currentStage.setScene(new Scene(splashScreenOnBootRoot));
    }

    /**
     * Creates welcome splash parent node and sets it to the controller
     * @return TwoWayNode
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public TwoWayNode GetWelcomeSplash() throws IOException {
        Parent welcomeSplash = fxmlLoader.load();
        WelcomeSplashController controller = fxmlLoader.getController();

        // set the controller to be functional TwoWayNode
        controller.SetParent(welcomeSplash);
        controller.SetStage(currentStage);

        return controller;
    }
}