Index: src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/javafx/gui/JavaFxWrapper.java
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+// License: GPL. For details, see LICENSE file.
+package org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.javafx.gui;
+
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Logging;
+
+import javafx.application.Platform;
+import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
+import javafx.scene.Group;
+import javafx.scene.Node;
+import javafx.scene.Scene;
+
+/**
+ * This wrapper class wraps arbitrary JavaFX Nodes, so that they can easily be
+ * added to a Swing UI.
+ *
+ * @author Taylor Smock
+ * @param <T> Some class that extends {@link Node}
+ * @since xxx
+ *
+ */
+public class JavaFxWrapper<T extends Node> extends JFXPanel {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4414342147357482212L;
+    T node;
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Implementation note</b>: when the first {@code JFXPanel} object is
+     * created, it implicitly initializes the JavaFX runtime. This is the preferred
+     * way to initialize JavaFX in Swing. Since this class extends JFXPanel, the
+     * JavaFX node should be passed as a class type and not initialized.
+     *
+     * @param node The JavaFX node that will be returned later with
+     *             {@link JavaFxWrapper#getNode}.
+     */
+    public JavaFxWrapper(Class<T> node) {
+        super();
+        try {
+            initialize(node.getConstructor().newInstance());
+        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException
+                | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
+            Logging.logWithStackTrace(Logging.LEVEL_ERROR, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * <b>Implementation note</b>: when the first {@code JFXPanel} object is
+     * created, it implicitly initializes the JavaFX runtime. This is the preferred
+     * way to initialize JavaFX in Swing. If this is the first call, please use the
+     * {@code JavaFxWrapper(Class<T> node)} constructor instead.
+     *
+     * @param node The JavaFX node that will be returned later with
+     *             {@link JavaFxWrapper#getNode}.
+     */
+    public JavaFxWrapper(T node) {
+        super();
+        initialize(node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This holds common initialization code
+     *
+     * @param node The node that should be set to this.node
+     */
+    private void initialize(T node) {
+        this.node = node;
+        Platform.runLater(() -> initFX());
+        Platform.setImplicitExit(false);
+        this.setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(node.isFocusTraversable());
+    }
+
+    private void initFX() {
+        Scene scene = createScene();
+        setScene(scene);
+    }
+
+    private Scene createScene() {
+        Group group = new Group();
+        Scene scene = new Scene(group);
+        group.getChildren().add(node);
+        return scene;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the JavaFX {@link Node}
+     *
+     * @return The Node passed to the class during construction
+     */
+    public T getNode() {
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
+        if (isMinimumSizeSet()) {
+            return super.getMinimumSize();
+        }
+        Dimension size = null;
+        if (node != null) {
+            size = new Dimension();
+            size.setSize(node.minWidth(-1), node.minHeight(-1));
+        }
+        return (size != null) ? size : super.getMinimumSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
+        if (isPreferredSizeSet()) {
+            return super.getPreferredSize();
+        }
+        Dimension dimension = new Dimension();
+        dimension.setSize(node.prefWidth(-1), node.prefHeight(-1));
+        return dimension;
+    }
+}