delegate method

[keenz]

Here is some code from the reversi app:

package proscalafx.ch04.reversi.ui

import javafx.scene.{layout => jfxsl}

import proscalafx.ch04.reversi.model.ReversiModel

import scalafx.Includes._
import scalafx.animation.FadeTransition
import scalafx.geometry.{HPos, VPos}
import scalafx.scene.effect.{Light, Lighting}
import scalafx.scene.input.MouseEvent
import scalafx.scene.layout.Region
import scalafx.util.Duration

class ReversiSquare(val x: Int, val y: Int) extends Region {

  private val highlight = new Region {
    opacity = 0
    style = "-fx-border-width: 3; -fx-border-color: dodgerblue"
  }

//  override val delegate: jfxsl.Region = new jfxsl.Region {
//    getChildren.add(highlight)
//    protected override def layoutChildren() {
//      layoutInArea(highlight, 0, 0, getWidth, getHeight, getBaselineOffset, HPos.Center, VPos.Center)
//    }
//  }

  private val highlightTransition = new FadeTransition {
    node = highlight
    duration = Duration(200)
    fromValue = 0
    toValue = 1
  }

  style <== when(ReversiModel.legalMove(x, y)) choose
    "-fx-background-color: derive(dodgerblue, -60%)" otherwise
    "-fx-background-color: burlywood"

  effect = new Lighting {
    light = new Light.Distant {
      azimuth = -135
      elevation = 30
    }
  }

  prefHeight = 200
  prefWidth = 200

//  onMouseEntered = (e: MouseEvent) => {
//    if (ReversiModel.legalMove(x, y).get) {
//      highlightTransition.rate() = 1
//      highlightTransition.play()
//    }
//  }
//
//  onMouseExited = (e: MouseEvent) => {
//    highlightTransition.rate = -1
//    highlightTransition.play()
//  }

  onMouseClicked = (e: MouseEvent) => {
    ReversiModel.play(x, y)
//    highlightTransition.rate() = -1
//    highlightTransition.play()
  }
}

Note that I have commented out the delegate method and the app works the same as before.

Could you please explain a bit what this method actually does? It's never used in the app and I am having some difficulty understanding it. It's creating a new Region object with an overridden method layoutChildren, but what's the purpose?