Running JavaFX project on Linux thru Hudson

If you want to get your FX project setup as a Job in Hudson. Simply follow the steps below and victory will be yours!

Download the javaFX1.2 SDK installation file for Linux

Copy the installation script to the desired locatio

Create a new environment variable $JFX_HOME and set it to the base directory of you fx sdk installation

Create a simple HelloWorld.fx script and test it’s compiling eg.

import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;

Stage {
    title: "Application title"
    width: 250
    height: 80
    scene: Scene {
        content: Text {
            font : Font {
                size : 24
            }
            x: 10, y: 30
            content: "Application content"
        }
    }
}

Then verify it’s running by executing the javaxc command (much like javac)

Add a pom.xml to your project that looks like the one below

<build>
		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<configuration>
					<compilerId>javafxc</compilerId>
					<include>**/*.fx</include>
					<fork>true</fork> <!-- NOTE: only “fork” mode supported now -->
				</configuration>
				<dependencies>
					<dependency>
						<groupId>net.sf.m2-javafxc</groupId>
						<artifactId>plexus-compiler-javafxc</artifactId>
						<version>0.3</version> 
					</dependency>
				</dependencies>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

Add a new job in Hudson for a maven2 project and kick off a build. All should be well! If you do get an exception like the one below, then verify your $JFX_HOME variable is set correctly. I had to restart Glassfish in order for Hudosn to pick up the new variable.

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222)
	at net.sf.m2javafxc.javafxc.JavafxcCompiler.compile(JavafxcCompiler.java:146)
	at org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:493)
	... 32 more