RFR: Update macOS version of the OpenGL sample to match the current state of OpenGL/Glut on Mac
Maurizio Cimadamore
mcimadamore at openjdk.org
Thu May 23 16:14:24 UTC 2024
On Thu, 23 May 2024 11:36:59 GMT, Ana Maria Mihalceanu <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:
> Running the macOS instructions for the [OpenGL sample ](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/tree/master/samples/opengl) results in failure as Apple discontinued official support for OpenGL (core) and the native `libGL.dylib` doesn't exist anymore.
> Below is the situation in details:
>
> * running [compile.sh](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/blob/master/samples/opengl/compile.sh) or [compilesource.sh](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/blob/master/samples/opengl/compilesource.sh) will produce Java code that compiles.
> * attempting to run [run.sh](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/blob/master/samples/opengl/run.sh) will result in error
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
> at Teapot.main(Teapot.java:75)
> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot open library: libGL.dylib
> at java.base/java.lang.foreign.SymbolLookup.libraryLookup(SymbolLookup.java:314)
> at java.base/java.lang.foreign.SymbolLookup.libraryLookup(SymbolLookup.java:266)
> at opengl.glut_h_3.<clinit>(glut_h_3.java:58)
> ... 1 more
>
>
> But OpenGL and Glut frameworks are still pre-installed with Apple development tools. This PR fixes the above error by referencing to the OpenGL and Glut frameworks available with Xcode:
> * `jextract` finds the header files via [compile_flags.txt]([[compile.sh](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/blob/master/samples/opengl/compile_flags.txt)](https://github.com/openjdk/jextract/blob/master/samples/opengl/compile_flags.txt)
> * At runtime, the generated header class finds the shared libraries thanks to providing `-l :/System/Library/Frameworks/GLUT.framework/Versions/Current/GLUT` and `-l -l :/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current/OpenGL` to `jextract` command.
> * A small side effect: the `Teapot.java` class is updated to use generated `glutDisplayFunc$func` and `glutIdleFunc$func`classes. Generated code varies depending on OpenGL/Glut distribution used.
>
> - [x] Tested locally on macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 with JDK 22 and using [jextract binaries](https://jdk.java.net/jextract/).
> - [ ] The code from `Teapot.java` is common for all the operating systems. Additional tests should be done on Windows/Linux.
>
> **Reviewers**
> [Athijegannathan Sundararajan](https://openjdk.org/census#sundar) (@sundararajana - Committer)
Looks good - I'll leave the last word to @sundararajana as I don't have a macos to test it on :-)
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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jextract/pull/245#issuecomment-2127538918
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