This is a short example of how to use Clojure to create a "Hello World!" JavaFX application with Clojure and Leiningen.
Copyright (c) 2012 Raju Bitter rajubitter@gmail.com
https://github.com/raju-bitter/clojure-javafx-example
MIT license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
Use is subject to license terms.
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The following software has to be installed on your system to use this project:
1. Oracle Java 7 SDK for Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
2. Leiningen 2
https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen
3. Apache Maven
http://maven.apache.org/
The $JAVA_HOME environment variable needs to be set, pointing to the Java 7 SDK installation.
Get the code for this project using either Github or the file download option. In the project folder, run the following command to install the JavaFX runtime JAR library locally into your Maven repository. The currrent JavaFX version shipped with the Java 7 SDK is 2.2.0. Make sure to set the following options according to your system setup:
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-Dfile={full path to jfxrt.jar in jre/lib folder}
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-Durl=file:{full path to Maven repository, e.g. $HOME/m2.repository}
mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=local.oracle -DartifactId=javafxrt -Dversion=2.2.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle-64/jre/lib/jfxrt.jar -Durl=file:/home/raju/.m2/repository
Here is the output you should see when installing the artifact:
raju@T500:~/src/git/clojure-javafx-example$ mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=local.oracle -DartifactId=javafxrt -Dversion=2.2.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle-64/jre/lib/jfxrt.jar -Durl=file:/home/raju/.m2/repository
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'deploy'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO] task-segment: [deploy:deploy-file] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [deploy:deploy-file {execution: default-cli}]
Uploading: file:/home/raju/.m2/repository/local/oracle/javafxrt/2.2.0/javafxrt-2.2.0.jar
14588K uploaded (javafxrt-2.2.0.jar)
[INFO] Retrieving previous metadata from remote-repository
[INFO] repository metadata for: 'artifact local.oracle:javafxrt' could not be found on repository: remote-repository, so will be created
[INFO] Uploading repository metadata for: 'artifact local.oracle:javafxrt'
[INFO] Uploading project information for javafxrt 2.2.0
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Sat Sep 01 20:51:41 CEST 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 6M/73M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Run 'lein deps' to download the Maven dependencies, and launch the REPL by running 'lein repl'.
raju@T500:~/src/git/clojure-javafx-example$ lein repl
nREPL server started on port 40279
REPL-y 0.1.0-beta8
Clojure 1.4.0
Exit: Control+D or (exit) or (quit)
Commands: (user/help)
Docs: (doc function-name-here)
(find-doc "part-of-name-here")
Source: (source function-name-here)
(user/sourcery function-name-here)
Javadoc: (javadoc java-object-or-class-here)
Examples from clojuredocs.org: [clojuredocs or cdoc]
(user/clojuredocs name-here)
(user/clojuredocs "ns-here" "name-here")
Compile the Clojure file in src/jfx/app.clj using the compile function. This will produce a Java class file in the target folder: target/classes/clj/jfx/App.class user=> (compile 'jfx.app) jfx.app
Now you can launch the JavaFX application using the function launch in namespace jfx.app:
user=> (jfx.app/launch)
Current state:READY
Current state:SCHEDULED
Current state:RUNNING
Current state:SUCCEEDED
URL 'http://clojure.org' load completed!
The button was clicked
The button was clicked
nil
Here is a screenshot of the application running. The stage contains a WebView, which loads the URL http://clojure.org, and a button with a click handler:
