For the benefit of those reading the list: I responded to the related GMavenPlus issue <https://github.com/groovy/GMavenPlus/issues/75> that was raised.
-Keegan On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 1:44 PM, dewful <dew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > I am new to the Groovy community. > > I am using Maven 3.3.9 + Spock Testing Framework + GMavenPlus (1.5) + > Groovy > 2.4 + JavaFX with Java8 on OSX 11.10. I'm trying to get mvn test to execute > successfully, but the groovy tests I have are not finding the javafx > classes. The errors are like: > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javafx.scene.control.MenuBar > > I believe the issue I'm having is due to java8 now by default includes the > javafx jar on the classpath > (/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_60.jdk/Contents/ > Home/jre/lib/ext > on OSX, which is below java home), it isn't an external dependency in > maven. > However, when running groovy with javafx, groovy doesn't seem to have the > javafx jar on its path. > > Other projects like https://github.com/groovyfx-project/groovyfx seem to > need groovy to specifically specify the jar on the command line using '-cp > '. Also, in gradle I found what I think is a similar bug: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32570973/gradle-groovy- > compilation-cannot-find-javafx-classes-in-tests. > > Groovy seems to say that jars added in a ~/.groovy/lib folder will be added > to the classpath, although putting the jfxrt.jar in there didn't seem to > have an effect. > > The main question is whats the best way to get groovy to find the javafx > dependency jars so mvn test can succeed? Any suggestions on where maven > would need this? > > Thank you! > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble > .com/Using-Groovy-with-JavaFX-tp5741460.html > Sent from the Groovy Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
