Is there any source code for the JavaFX SceneBuilder (original) (raw)

Werner Lehmann lehmann at media-interactive.de
Tue Oct 9 07:46:36 PDT 2012

Daniel,

thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware that the classpath could be set with PI's in FXML.

In my opinion this could be used as a workaround for now but does not really replace full IDE integration - at least not in a way how I would envision it. The relative paths are a problem when it comes to refactoring, and especially when you want to reuse the same lines in different FXMLs: copy & paste of those PI's requires me to think about how many ../../ I'd need, depending on the package of the FXML at hand. And I don't even want to use the DRY pattern...

Usually the IDE manages the classpath for me, it would be redundant to add that to the FXML. I think this is similar to imports in a plain Java file: you say what you want but not where to find it. This information is provided separately. Perhaps via command line "-cp" parameter, etc. Furthermore, I believe it would be more practical to specify the resource bundle relative to the classpath as with any other control import.

Maybe this is something intended for FX8? The roadmap mentions "enhanced Java IDE integration" but does not provide many details. This would be a pity for me because I'll be tied to JRE 6/7 for a quite a while longer and could not use this (if necessary we might be able to use JRE8 on development machines only but that would be less desirable).

Rgds Werner

On 09.10.2012 16:23, Daniel Fuchs wrote:

Hope this helps,

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