Hi Kevin, Thanks for this clarifiacation! I'm also interested in this kind of information as I'm in the process of upgrading Drombler FX to JavaFX 8 and Drombler FX comes with a custom Maven Plugin, which makes sure the application can start.
Another related question: While the Ant task for JavaFX 2.x added the following Manifest entries: JavaFX-Version: 2.2 JavaFX-Application-Class: myPackage.MyApplication JavaFX-Class-Path: Main-Class: com/javafx/main/Main the Ant task for JavaFX 8 added the following Manifest entries: JavaFX-Version: 2.2 Class-Path: Main-Class: myPackage.MyApplication So it seems "JavaFX-Application-Class" is not used anymore if one doesn't use com.javafx.main.Main to start the JavaFX application, and "JavaFX-Class-Path" has been replaced with the standard "Class-Path" entry. The "JavaFX-Version" seems still to be needed, however. For what is it used? An why is this version set to "2.2" for JavaFX 8 applications? Shouldn't it be "8.0" or something? Can I get this version from somewhere? Either the JavaFX API or from the ant-javafx.jar? -Florian Am Mittwoch, 8. Januar 2014, 06.45:36 schrieb Kevin Rushforth: > Hi Scott, > > The Java 8 launcher has been modified to recognize JavaFX applications > -- that is, classes that extend javafx.application.Application -- and > launch them directly by calling into the JavaFX launcher code. See > JDK-8001533 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8001533>. This is > why the com.javafx.main.Main class is no longer needed. > > Somewhat independent of this, for standalone applications (but not > applets or web start applications) the JavaFX launcher code will now > call the main() method if it is present (see RT-28755 > <https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28755>), but will still happily > launch the application if it isn't. So the main() method is still > optional. If present, it must call Application.launch() in order to > launch the application. > > So yes, it does seem that Netbeans should modify the wording of their > javadoc comment for the main() method of a JavaFX application. > > -- Kevin > > > Scott Palmer wrote: > > Based on the discussion I saw in the comments for RT-34236 I discovered > > that using com.javafx.main.Main is not the way JavaFX 8 is supposed to > > work. There are comments that read, "...making sure their Application class > > has a main that calls launcher(String[] args)." > > > > This seems to imply that a main method is now required in the Application > > class when writing apps for JavaFX 8. > > > > Is this correct? > > > > If so. Somebody should tell NetBeans to stop injecting this comment in the > > generated application class for JavaFX projects: > > /** > > * The main() method is ignored in correctly deployed JavaFX application. > > * main() serves only as fallback in case the application can not be > > * launched through deployment artifacts, e.g., in IDEs with limited FX > > * support. NetBeans ignores main(). > > * > > * @param args the command line arguments > > */ > > > > Are the changes to the launching of JavaFX apps docuemtned somewhere? Is > > using javafxpackager or the ant task the *only* supported way of creating > > JavaFX applications? I'm currently using my own stub that runs on Java 7 > > and adds the jfxrt.jar to the classpath if required and then calls the > > launch method on the Applicaiton class. > > > > Regards, > > > > Scott > >
