Migration to JDK 11 + JavaFX 11 giving RuntimeException

Question

I've got an application on Java 8 + JavaFX that I want to migrate to Java 11. The basis aim is to give a .jar to users on a network and so they can use this little application. I'm using JavaFX for the interface and sqlite-jdbc to generate a database.

I've my module-info.java, the compilation seems to be OK: no errors. But if I run the application, I've got this error:

Graphics Device initialization failed for :  d3d, sw
Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer.getInstance(QuantumRenderer.java:280)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.init(QuantumToolkit.java:222)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:260)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:267)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:158)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:658)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:409)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:363)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:1051)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.init(QuantumRenderer.java:94)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.run(QuantumRenderer.java:124)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:1051)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: No toolkit found
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:272)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:267)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:158)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(LauncherImpl.java:658)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:409)
    at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:363)
    ... 5 more

My module-info.java

module AutoGeneratorOpenData {
    requires javafx.base;
    requires javafx.controls;
    requires javafx.fxml;
    requires javafx.graphics;
    requires sqlite.jdbc;
    requires java.sql;
    requires java.desktop;

    exports autogeneratoropendata;
}

I'm using Netbeans 9 on Windows 10 x64bits and JavaFX Windows SDK (last version 11). I'm not using Maven (but maybe I must?).

Any idea to fix that?

Answer 1

So, there are some missing librairies.

• On Windows, the missing DLL from javafx-sdk-11/bin are at least prism_d3d.dll, prism_sw.dll, javafx_font.dll, glass.dll; you can put all into the jdk directory C:\Program Files\Java\jdk[...]\bin (It's not the best solution), or into the jlink directory for a custom JRE, inside [...]\jlink\bin\ .

• On Linux, the missing .so from javafx-sdk-11/lib are at least libprism_es2.os, libprism_sw.so, libglass.so, libglassgtk3.so (and libglassgtk2.so probably too for old configuration), libjavafx_font.so, libjavafx_font_freetype.so, libjavafx_font_pango.so; you can put all into the /usr/lib/jvm/java-11[...]/lib for example (It's not the best solution), or into the jlink directory for a custom JRE, inside [...]/jlink/lib .

• On Mac, the missing .dylib from jav javafx-sdk-11/lib must be (I suppose!) libprism_es2.dylib, libprism_sw.dylib, libglass.dylib, libjavafx_font.dylib [To confirm].

To use the jlink, you should use the jmods - no need to use the librairy files.

And my module-info.java was not really complete:

module AutoGeneratorOpenData {
   requires sqlite.jdbc;
   requires javafx.controls;
   requires javafx.graphics;
   requires java.sql;
   requires java.desktop;
   requires javafx.fxml;
   requires javafx.base;    

   exports autogeneratoropendata;
   exports autogeneratoropendata.controller;    
   exports autogeneratoropendata.model;   
   exports autogeneratoropendata.util;

   opens autogeneratoropendata.controller;
}

Now it's working.