u45 brings JavaFX about fx-guice HOT 6 CLOSED

The latest sources use a rather tricky mechanism to put jfxrt.jar onto the classpath of the java compiler. Even though, JDK1.7.0_45 comes bundled with the JavaFX runtime, the JavaFX classes are not added to the compiler's default (or "boot") classpath.

There are 3 ways to work around this issue:

(1) Define a Maven dependency with scope=system and use the systemPath to make sure that the file jfxrt.jar can be found during compile time.
--> I used to do that, but found the solution not very elegant.

(2) Copy jfxrt.jar into your JRE's "lib/ext" folder. That way all Java processes (that also includes the javac compiler) will be able to pick it up.
--> Not very elegant either because it means that you'll have to modify the installation folder of your JDK and for some people that don't have admin privileges it is simply not an option.

(3) Pimp the configuration of the maven-compiler-plugin to make sure that the "bootclasspath" of the compiler is enhanced (if necessary).
When using Java 8 this is no longer necessary as the bootclasspath of javac already contains the JavaFX runtime.
Therefore it is also necessary to encapsulate the configuration above into it's own Maven profile.
--> I modified the build process of fx-guice to work like that some time ago. Check out the latest sources of the parent POM's project (http://github.com/cathive/oss-parent) to see how that works.

So... I don't intend to remove the jfx dependency from maven, unless you can provide some more insights to clarify your point and prove me wrong in my assumptions about how the classpath and lookup mechanism of the Java compiler work. ;-)

If you are having trouble with your IDE and simply want to disable the classpath extension mechanism you can disable the "jdk7" profile when invoking Maven, e.g.: "mvn -P-jdk7 [...]" or just 'uncheck' the profile (e.g. when using m2eclipse).

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Mh... just realized that I did NOT release the changes mentioned in my previous comment.
Prepare for a fx-guice release 2.1.3 then!!! ;-)

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Hopefully I'll find the time to perform an upload onto Nexus tomorrow...

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Thanks :-)

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Close it, if you deployed the version. Thanks 👍

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fx-guice 2.1.3 has just been released. ;-)

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