Getting started

The easiest way to get started with FXML 2.0 is by using the org.jfxcore.fxmlplugin, which automates the process of compiling .fxml files in your Gradle project. At this point, there is no plugin yet for the Maven build system. Manually invoking the FXML compiler is possible, but not recommended.

Using the Gradle plugin

Add the following line to the plugins block of your build.gradle file:

Kotlin

plugins {
    id("org.jfxcore.fxmlplugin") version "0.11.0"
}

Groovy

plugins {
    id "org.jfxcore.fxmlplugin" version "0.11.0"
}

After the plugin is applied, .fxml files in your Gradle project will be automatically compiled with the rest of your source files.

The plugin adds a new task for each of your source sets to the Gradle project. The task is named processFxml, processTestFxml, etc. and is responsible for parsing FXML markup files and generating Java code files.

Usually you don’t need to run these tasks manually, as they are automatically run when you build the project.