Compiling using javac

Discussion:

Graham Norris

2018-10-09 13:32:25 UTC

I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
(on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!

I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.

I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!

Any help appreciated.

Graham.

Michael Paus

2018-10-09 13:47:29 UTC

Permalink

The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/

Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
>
> I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
>
> I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Graham.

Graham Norris

2018-10-09 16:09:31 UTC

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** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
+0200

Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.

Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.

Graham.

> The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
> https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/
>
> Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> > I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> > (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> > to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
> >
> > I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> > managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> > application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> > find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
> >
> > I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> > OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Graham.

Abhinay Agarwal

2018-10-09 16:30:18 UTC

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Hi Graham,

Its really difficult to help without checking out the failing command first.

Could you reply back with the "javac" command you are trying to execute, along with the stacktrace?

-- Abhinay
________________________________
From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-***@openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:39 PM
To: openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Compiling using javac

** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
+0200

Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.

Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.

Graham.

> The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
> https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/
>
> Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> > I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> > (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> > to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
> >
> > I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> > managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> > application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> > find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
> >
> > I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> > OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Graham.

Graham Norris

2018-10-10 09:29:06 UTC

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** Reply to message from Abhinay Agarwal <***@live.com> on Tue, 9
Oct 2018 16:30:18 +0000

No stack trace from either type of failure, just error messages. I've tried
compiling that example program, with the following result:

D:\pbmdev>dir HelloFX.java&set PATH_TO_FX&dir %PATH_TO_FX%javafx.*&javac
--module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX
Volume in drive D is DataVolume
Volume Serial Number is 64B0-54F9

Directory of D:\pbmdev

10/10/2018 10:19 642 HelloFX.java
1 File(s) 642 bytes
0 Dir(s) 80,740,716,544 bytes free
PATH_TO_FX="c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib\"
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is 5EC2-1518

Directory of c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib

13/09/2018 15:57 749,886 javafx.base.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 2,511,103 javafx.controls.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 127,394 javafx.fxml.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 4,292,697 javafx.graphics.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 270,594 javafx.media.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 71 javafx.properties
13/09/2018 15:57 119,848 javafx.swing.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 712,651 javafx.web.jar
8 File(s) 8,784,244 bytes
0 Dir(s) 41,713,242,112 bytes free
error: no source files

D:\pbmdev>

> Hi Graham,
>
> Its really difficult to help without checking out the failing command first.
>
> Could you reply back with the "javac" command you are trying to execute, along with the stacktrace?
>
> -- Abhinay
> ________________________________
> From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-***@openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:39 PM
> To: openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: Compiling using javac
>
> ** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
> +0200
>
> Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
> it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
> on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.
>
> Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
> I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
> use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
> which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
> than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.
>
> Graham.
>
> > The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
> > https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/
> >
> > Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> > > I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> > > (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> > > to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
> > >
> > > I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> > > managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> > > application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> > > find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
> > >
> > > I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> > > OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > > Graham.

Abhinay Agarwal

2018-10-10 09:49:06 UTC

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Hi Graham,

The error "module not found: javafx.controls" can be caused when env variable 'PATH_TO_FX' is targeting the 'JavaFX SDK' instead of 'JavaFX SDK/lib' directory

The following works for me on a Windows machine:

> set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11"
> set PATH_TO_FX="C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-sdk-11\lib"
> %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX.java
> %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX

-- Abhinay

On Oct 10 2018, at 2:59 pm, Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org> wrote:

** Reply to message from Abhinay Agarwal <***@live.com> on Tue, 9
Oct 2018 16:30:18 +0000

No stack trace from either type of failure, just error messages. I've tried
compiling that example program, with the following result:

D:\pbmdev>dir HelloFX.java&set PATH_TO_FX&dir %PATH_TO_FX%javafx.*&javac
--module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX
Volume in drive D is DataVolume
Volume Serial Number is 64B0-54F9

Directory of D:\pbmdev

10/10/2018 10:19 642 HelloFX.java
1 File(s) 642 bytes
0 Dir(s) 80,740,716,544 bytes free
PATH_TO_FX="c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib\"
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is 5EC2-1518

Directory of c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib

13/09/2018 15:57 749,886 javafx.base.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 2,511,103 javafx.controls.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 127,394 javafx.fxml.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 4,292,697 javafx.graphics.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 270,594 javafx.media.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 71 javafx.properties
13/09/2018 15:57 119,848 javafx.swing.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 712,651 javafx.web.jar
8 File(s) 8,784,244 bytes
0 Dir(s) 41,713,242,112 bytes free
error: no source files

D:\pbmdev>

Hi Graham,

Its really difficult to help without checking out the failing command first.

Could you reply back with the "javac" command you are trying to execute, along with the stacktrace?

-- Abhinay
________________________________
From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-***@openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:39 PM
To: openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Compiling using javac

** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
+0200

Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.

Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.

Graham.

The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/

Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
(on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!

I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.

I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!

Any help appreciated.

Gr

Graham Norris

2018-10-11 11:34:35 UTC

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** Reply to message from Abhinay Agarwal <***@live.com> on Wed, 10
Oct 2018 09:49:06 +0000

Abhinay,

I've found I actually had two problems.

The later one was while trying to get the sample to compile: --module-path will
not tolerate a trailing "\" on the path. It doesn't reject it, it just makes it
not work.

My original problem turned out to be the fact that --module-path in a parm file
requires "/", not "\", even on Windows. Again, not rejected, just doesn't work.

Thanks for your help.

Graham.

> Hi Graham,
>
> The error "module not found: javafx.controls" can be caused when env variable
> 'PATH_TO_FX' is targeting the 'JavaFX SDK' instead of 'JavaFX SDK/lib' directory
>
> The following works for me on a Windows machine:
>
> > set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11"
> > set PATH_TO_FX="C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-sdk-11\lib"
> > %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX.java
> > %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX
>
> -- Abhinay
>
>
> On Oct 10 2018, at 2:59 pm, Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org> wrote:
>
> ** Reply to message from Abhinay Agarwal <***@live.com> on Tue, 9
> Oct 2018 16:30:18 +0000
>
> No stack trace from either type of failure, just error messages. I've tried
> compiling that example program, with the following result:
>
> D:\pbmdev>dir HelloFX.java&set PATH_TO_FX&dir %PATH_TO_FX%javafx.*&javac
> --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX
> Volume in drive D is DataVolume
> Volume Serial Number is 64B0-54F9
>
> Directory of D:\pbmdev
>
> 10/10/2018 10:19 642 HelloFX.java
> 1 File(s) 642 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 80,740,716,544 bytes free
> PATH_TO_FX="c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib\"
> Volume in drive C is System
> Volume Serial Number is 5EC2-1518
>
> Directory of c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib
>
> 13/09/2018 15:57 749,886 javafx.base.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 2,511,103 javafx.controls.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 127,394 javafx.fxml.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 4,292,697 javafx.graphics.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 270,594 javafx.media.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 71 javafx.properties
> 13/09/2018 15:57 119,848 javafx.swing.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 712,651 javafx.web.jar
> 8 File(s) 8,784,244 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 41,713,242,112 bytes free
> error: no source files
>
> D:\pbmdev>
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> Its really difficult to help without checking out the failing command first.
>
> Could you reply back with the "javac" command you are trying to execute, along with the stacktrace?
>
> -- Abhinay
> ________________________________
> From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-***@openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:39 PM
> To: openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: Compiling using javac
>
> ** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
> +0200
>
> Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
> it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
> on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.
>
> Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
> I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
> use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
> which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
> than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.
>
> Graham.
>
> The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
> https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/
>
> Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
>
> I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
>
> I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Graham.

Abhinay Agarwal

2018-10-10 09:48:59 UTC

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Graham Norris

2018-10-10 11:39:53 UTC

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** Reply to message from "Graham Norris" <***@norrisfamily.org> on Wed, 10 Oct
2018 10:29:06 +0100

Correction to previous test (omitted ".java":)

D:\pbmdev>dir HelloFX.java&set PATH_TO_FX&dir %PATH_TO_FX%javafx.*&javac
--module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX.java
Volume in drive D is DataVolume
Volume Serial Number is 64B0-54F9

Directory of D:\pbmdev

10/10/2018 10:19 642 HelloFX.java
1 File(s) 642 bytes
0 Dir(s) 80,738,893,824 bytes free
PATH_TO_FX="c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib\"
Volume in drive C is System
Volume Serial Number is 5EC2-1518

Directory of c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib

13/09/2018 15:57 749,886 javafx.base.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 2,511,103 javafx.controls.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 127,394 javafx.fxml.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 4,292,697 javafx.graphics.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 270,594 javafx.media.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 71 javafx.properties
13/09/2018 15:57 119,848 javafx.swing.jar
13/09/2018 15:57 712,651 javafx.web.jar
8 File(s) 8,784,244 bytes
0 Dir(s) 41,705,066,496 bytes free
error: no source files

> ** Reply to message from Abhinay Agarwal <***@live.com> on Tue, 9
> Oct 2018 16:30:18 +0000
>
> No stack trace from either type of failure, just error messages. I've tried
> compiling that example program, with the following result:
>
> D:\pbmdev>dir HelloFX.java&set PATH_TO_FX&dir %PATH_TO_FX%javafx.*&javac
> --module-path %PATH_TO_FX% --add-modules=javafx.controls HelloFX
> Volume in drive D is DataVolume
> Volume Serial Number is 64B0-54F9
>
> Directory of D:\pbmdev
>
> 10/10/2018 10:19 642 HelloFX.java
> 1 File(s) 642 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 80,740,716,544 bytes free
> PATH_TO_FX="c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib\"
> Volume in drive C is System
> Volume Serial Number is 5EC2-1518
>
> Directory of c:\Program Files\Java\JDK-11.028\lib
>
> 13/09/2018 15:57 749,886 javafx.base.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 2,511,103 javafx.controls.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 127,394 javafx.fxml.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 4,292,697 javafx.graphics.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 270,594 javafx.media.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 71 javafx.properties
> 13/09/2018 15:57 119,848 javafx.swing.jar
> 13/09/2018 15:57 712,651 javafx.web.jar
> 8 File(s) 8,784,244 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 41,713,242,112 bytes free
> error: no source files
>
> D:\pbmdev>
>
> > Hi Graham,
> >
> > Its really difficult to help without checking out the failing command first.
> >
> > Could you reply back with the "javac" command you are trying to execute, along with the stacktrace?
> >
> > -- Abhinay
> > ________________________________
> > From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-***@openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Graham Norris <***@norrisfamily.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:39 PM
> > To: openjfx-***@openjdk.java.net
> > Subject: Re: Compiling using javac
> >
> > ** Reply to message from Michael Paus <***@jugs.org> on Tue, 9 Oct 2018 15:47:29
> > +0200
> >
> > Thank you, I'd already found this, but it isn't exactly "documentation." Also,
> > it is for Linux (Windows doesn't have export,) but I have put the path directly
> > on the --module-path option, which should be equivalent for this.
> >
> > Crucially, it does not work: I get "error: module not found: javafx.controls"
> > I'm not entirely sure why I'd use javafx.controls as my application does not
> > use that, but not finding javafx.controls seems to be unrelated to lack of use,
> > which is also borne out by the fact that the compile fails immediately rather
> > than churning out dozens of errors as it tries to compile things.
> >
> > Graham.
> >
> > > The documentation you are looking for can be found here:
> > > https://openjfx.io/openjfx-docs/
> > >
> > > Am 09.10.18 um 15:32 schrieb Graham Norris:
> > > > I have an existing Java application which uses JavaFX. It is currently compiled
> > > > (on Windows) and working using Oracle's Java 10 JDK. I am now trying to get it
> > > > to compile using OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and failing miserably!
> > > >
> > > > I use the JDK's command line tools to compile the application and haven't
> > > > managed to find anything which shows how to make the combination of an existing
> > > > application, OpenJDK 11 and OpenJFX 11 compile. Basically, I can't get javac to
> > > > find and use either OpenJFX's jmods or jars.
> > > >
> > > > I feel there should be somewhere I could read instructions on how to use
> > > > OpenJFX with OpenJDK 11's javac, but if there is, I just can't find it!
> > > >
> > > > Any help appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Graham.