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Haxe Java windowing

In the Haxe.java api at http://api.haxe.org/java/index.html, there does not appear to be any support for graphics, windowing, or user-interactive events.

There used to be: http://old.haxe.org/doc/java/graphics2d (note the "old"), but we can't use these libraries anymore:

import java.awt.Graphics; // Compile time error: Class not found : java.awt.Graphics.

import java.awt.*; // this works, but so does import java.nonExistantPackage.*;

Does Haxe still have java graphics support? If so, how can we use it?

Note: I installed java successfully:

haxelib install hxjava

Edit:

There IS access to java.awt et al (through hxjava). The unusual part is the error message when targeting a different platform: instead of "can't access x while targeting y" it is "can't find x". This is very confusing since I tested the existence of the api by using an import statement without changing the target.

Solution

  • Yes, you can use java.awt.* and javax.swing.* packages. Here's a gist including the basics from Justinfront's code on the old Haxe site that you referred to.

    https://gist.github.com/cambiata/d025fc7e66352a0b0681

    I testrun it a minute ago, using Haxe 3.1.3 and hxjava 3.1.0 - no problem. Hope this helps!