javafx application in maven project

Question

I have a project with structure like this:

main-project
-libary-1
-library-2
-i-need-javafx-app-here

So, i need a JavaFX 2 application in my maven project, and it should use library-1 and library-2 with its dependencies. I can't find any maven archetypes for JavaFX 2 projects and i cand find any adequate information about how i can build JavaFX app by Maven 3. I don't need any deployment to web, it will only desktop app.

So, can anybody help with this problem?

UPD:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javafx/application/Application
...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javafx.application.Application
exception is occured when i try to run application, which is builded by pgras way.

Answer 1

So I guess you already use Java 7, I d'ont know exactly what you need, for compiling you will need only the dependency to javafx, so in your pom for the javafx app:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
        <version>2.0</version>
        <systemPath>${javafx.rt.jar}</systemPath>
        <scope>system</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

And in your maven settings.xml add (and adapt path to your system):

<profile>
  <id>javafx</id>
  <activation>
    <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
  </activation>
  <properties>
    <javafx.rt.jar>C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\JavaFX 2.0 SDK\rt\lib\jfxrt.jar</javafx.rt.jar>
    <ant.javafx.jar>C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\JavaFX 2.0 SDK\tools\ant-javafx.jar</ant.javafx.jar>
  </properties>
</profile>

It should be enough to compile and make jar file... If not tell me and I'll post more info...

Answer 2

Thank you a lot, this link is helpful. So, now my pom looks like this:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>info.kosmonaffft</groupId>
    <artifactId>javafx-maven-example</artifactId>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>javafx-maven-example</name>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.7</source>
                    <target>1.7</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.1</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>copy-dependencies</id>
                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                            <excludeArtifactIds>junit,hamcrest-core</excludeArtifactIds>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.7</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <configuration>
                            <target>
                                <taskdef name="jfxjar" classname="com.sun.javafx.tools.ant.FXJar" classpathref="maven.plugin.classpath"/>
                                <jfxjar destfile="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}">
                                    <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/classes"/>
                                    <application name="${project.name}" mainClass="info.kosmonaffft.jfxexample.App"/>
                                    <resources>
                                    </resources>
                                </jfxjar>
                            </target>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>run</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <dependencies>
                    <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.oracle.javafx</groupId>
                        <artifactId>ant-javafx</artifactId>
                        <version>2.0</version>
                        <scope>system</scope>
                        <systemPath>C:\Program Files\Oracle\JavaFX 2.1 SDK\tools\ant-javafx.jar</systemPath>
                    </dependency>
                </dependencies>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javafx</groupId>
            <artifactId>javafx-rt</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
            <scope>system</scope>
            <systemPath>C:\Program Files\Oracle\JavaFX 2.1 SDK\rt\lib\jfxrt.jar</systemPath>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.10</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</project>

So, it is possible to run application from command line "java -jar myapp.jar" now, but i have not tested how it will runs with dependencies.