I have created a program using javafx 17.0.2 and compiled it with maven into a jar. It is unable to be opened alone so I have to create a bat file and use the command "java --module-path "C:\Program Files\Java\javafx-sdk-17.0.2\lib" --add-modules=javafx.controls,javafx.fxml -jar BattleDisc_Matchmaker-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" to open it.
I want this program to be easy to use, as any program should be. Is there a way for me to wrap it with javafx so that it can be opened without any extra work by the user?
Here is my pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>groupId</groupId>
<artifactId>BattleDisc_Matchmaker</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
<javafx.version>17</javafx.version>
<javafx.maven.plugin.version>3.8.1</javafx.maven.plugin.version>
</properties>
<name>BattleDisc Matchmaker</name>
<parent>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
<version>17</version>
</parent>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<release>3.8.1</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.8</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>Main</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>Main</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
<version>17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
<version>17</version>
<classifier>win</classifier>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
<version>17</version>
<classifier>linux</classifier>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
<version>17</version>
<classifier>mac</classifier>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Javafx is already a dependency, which is why im so confused as to why it needs a special .bat to run.
If the user needs jre, thats of course fine because everyone has that. But JFX is a developer specific thing and I dont want to make every person that wants to use it have to download it then edit a bat file.