On Tue, 5 May 2026 16:59:46 GMT, Christopher Schnick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This PR allows Main classes to be launched if they extend the Application >> class, even when only having the JavaFX dependencies on the classpath >> instead of the module path. This issue has been there for a long time and >> was quite annoying for a lot of people: >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78501081/how-do-i-fix-error-javafx-runtime-components-are-missing-and-are-required-to-r. >> It is also a common use case for JavaFX developers when testing some PR to >> create a quick reproducer class without setting up the module path properly. >> >> While it is true that launching modern JavaFX via the classpath is >> unuspported, it still launches and prints its own warnings, which is better >> than the previous behavior. The old launcher error message in this case is >> misleading as the runtime components aren't really missing, they are just >> not in the module path. >> >> This change should not have any change in behavior for any other case. >> >> --------- >> - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the >> [OpenJDK Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). > > Christopher Schnick has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > Revert comment Marked as reviewed by aivanov (Reviewer). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/31016#pullrequestreview-4284046644
