Unable to import OpenJFX Build into Eclipse

[Robert Lichtenberger]

I have tried to import OpenJFX to eclipse under Windows today for the first
time and having the exakt same problem.


Am Mo., 17. Aug. 2020 um 13:52 Uhr schrieb Nir Lisker <nlisker at gmail.com>:

> They are not required if you use the command line interface, but I find
> that they do make things easier since I can run the gradle command from
> Eclipse directly.
>
> The instructions mention that if you import through gradle, you will need
> to replace the Eclipse files with the ones in the repo because at this
> point gradle still messes them up.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 10:43 AM Tom Schindl <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Do we really use the Eclipse-Gradle-Tooling now? I think the reasons we
> > checked in all .product/.classpath files is that this did not work in
> > the past.
> >
> > At least my Eclipse install I use for OpenJFX-Development does not have
> > the gradle-tooling installed and things work there just fine.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Am 16.08.20 um 21:49 schrieb Nir Lisker:
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > I did the same setup only with Ubuntu 18, which shouldn't matter, and I
> > > don't remember having this issue. I can try redoing it next time I boot
> > the
> > > Ubuntu partition.
> > >
> > > What looks odd is that the error references the build directory. What
> > > happens if you clean the project first?
> > >
> > > - Nir
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 1:55 PM Andrew Waters <gb91757 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi All,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I'm trying to diagnose a bug in OpenJFX that I've been struggling with
> > >> on and off for almost a year(!) and I decided to build OpenJFX from
> > >> source and use Eclipse to help.  I've built a brand new Ubuntu
> > >> 20.04.1-Desktop system with OpenJDK 14.0.1 and the latest stable
> OpenJFX
> > >> 14.  I've run the Gradle build and run the tests and all looks 100%.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> When importing the root directory (home/jdkdev/dev/jfx) into Eclipse
> > >> using the gradle import tool (using the wrapper option as
> recommended) I
> > >> get this build path error:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cannot nest
> > >>
> >
> 'home/jdkdev/dev/jfx/modules/javafx.base/build/classes/java/main/javafx.base'
> > >>
> > >> inside library
> > >> 'home/jdkdev/dev/jfx/modules/javafx.base/build/classes/java/main'
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It seems to be trying to set up a looped import to itself somehow.
> I've
> > >> tried to edit the build path in eclipse but the fields appear to be
> all
> > >> non-editable.  Has anyone any idea as to what the problem is and how
> to
> > >> fix it?  Has anyone recently done a successful import with these
> latest
> > >> levels?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> As this is the base module none of the other modules compile of course
> > >> so they too may have other problems once the base module is fixed.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I tried the "existing projects" import too but that just appears to
> have
> > >> even more problems.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Andrew Waters
> > >>
> > >> UK.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>