[flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class?
Anyone? Please? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! What you said makes sense, but unfortunately I'm still having trouble with it. Here's my ColdFusion code: cfscript MXMLc = URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\lib\mxmlc.jar, flex2.tools.Compiler); Args = '-flexlib C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\frameworks\ C:\inetpub\builder\mxml\test1.mxml; MXMLc.main(JavaCast(String, Args)); /cfscript I *think* this follows what you suggested. When I try to run this, I get the following error message: The selected method main was not found. Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types, or the method main is overloaded with arguments types that ColdFusion can't decipher reliably. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, you may need to use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity. So... any more tips? BTW I do know that I'm initializing the class properly; if I pass MXMLc to the CFDUMP tag, I see the following: object of flex2.tools.Compiler Methods: main (returns void) hashCode (returns int) getClass (returns java.lang.Class) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) equals (returns boolean) notify (returns void) notifyAll (returns void) toString (returns java.lang.String) FILE_SPECS: file-specs Thanks! Avi --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: In any Java JAR there can be a main-class which is the class called when no classname is specified. That main-class will also have a main() method which si the default entry point of the class. That method has the following signature public static void main(String[] args); Where the String[] are the command line arguments. Call the main() method passing in whatever command line arguments there would be as the String[]. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax avif@ wrote: I'd like to invoke the Flex2b2 compiler from ColdFusion using the Java class, if possible. I looked at the file MANIFEST.MF in mxmlc.jar, and saw: Main-Class: flex2.tools.Compiler So, I tried this in CF: Application.com.MXMLc = Application.com.URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(CompilerPath, flex2.tools.Compiler); That works, and I can CFDUMP the object to see a list of its methods and properties, but: - I can't set the property FILE_SPECS: I get an java.lang.IllegalAccessException with the message: field is final - I can't invoke the compile method. My code is: Application.com.MXMLc.compile(JavaCast(String, MxmlPath)); I get the CF message The selected method compile was not found. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it documented anywhere? I apologize if this is silly; I'm expert with CFML but not experienced with Java interaction. I did try to just use CFEXECUTE at first, with mxmlc.exe, but had trouble with it. I've always found CFEXECUTE frustrating, so I thought I'd give this approach a try. Thanks! Avi Flax Flex Newbie Arc90, New York http://www.arc90.com/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class?
Sorry, this method of invocation is not supported by Flex. -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Avi Flax Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:37 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class? Anyone? Please? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, thanks for your help! What you said makes sense, but unfortunately I'm still having trouble with it. Here's my ColdFusion code: cfscript MXMLc = URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\lib\mxmlc.jar, flex2.tools.Compiler); Args = '-flexlib C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\frameworks\ C:\inetpub\builder\mxml\test1.mxml; MXMLc.main(JavaCast(String, Args)); /cfscript I *think* this follows what you suggested. When I try to run this, I get the following error message: The selected method main was not found. Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types, or the method main is overloaded with arguments types that ColdFusion can't decipher reliably. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, you may need to use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity. So... any more tips? BTW I do know that I'm initializing the class properly; if I pass MXMLc to the CFDUMP tag, I see the following: object of flex2.tools.Compiler Methods: main (returns void) hashCode (returns int) getClass (returns java.lang.Class) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) equals (returns boolean) notify (returns void) notifyAll (returns void) toString (returns java.lang.String) FILE_SPECS: file-specs Thanks! Avi --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf gatorj24@ wrote: In any Java JAR there can be a main-class which is the class called when no classname is specified. That main-class will also have a main() method which si the default entry point of the class. That method has the following signature public static void main(String[] args); Where the String[] are the command line arguments. Call the main() method passing in whatever command line arguments there would be as the String[]. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: dave.wolf@ Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax avif@ wrote: I'd like to invoke the Flex2b2 compiler from ColdFusion using the Java class, if possible. I looked at the file MANIFEST.MF in mxmlc.jar, and saw: Main-Class: flex2.tools.Compiler So, I tried this in CF: Application.com.MXMLc = Application.com.URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(CompilerPath, flex2.tools.Compiler); That works, and I can CFDUMP the object to see a list of its methods and properties, but: - I can't set the property FILE_SPECS: I get an java.lang.IllegalAccessException with the message: field is final - I can't invoke the compile method. My code is: Application.com.MXMLc.compile(JavaCast(String, MxmlPath)); I get the CF message The selected method compile was not found. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it documented anywhere? I apologize if this is silly; I'm expert with CFML but not experienced with Java interaction. I did try to just use CFEXECUTE at first, with mxmlc.exe, but had trouble with it. I've always found CFEXECUTE frustrating, so I thought I'd give this approach a try. Thanks! Avi Flax Flex Newbie Arc90, New York http://www.arc90.com/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class?
Dave, thanks for your help! What you said makes sense, but unfortunately I'm still having trouble with it. Here's my ColdFusion code: cfscript MXMLc = URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\lib\mxmlc.jar, flex2.tools.Compiler); Args = '-flexlib C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Framework 2\frameworks\ C:\inetpub\builder\mxml\test1.mxml; MXMLc.main(JavaCast(String, Args)); /cfscript I *think* this follows what you suggested. When I try to run this, I get the following error message: The selected method main was not found. Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types, or the method main is overloaded with arguments types that ColdFusion can't decipher reliably. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, you may need to use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity. So... any more tips? BTW I do know that I'm initializing the class properly; if I pass MXMLc to the CFDUMP tag, I see the following: object of flex2.tools.Compiler Methods: main (returns void) hashCode (returns int) getClass (returns java.lang.Class) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) wait (returns void) equals (returns boolean) notify (returns void) notifyAll (returns void) toString (returns java.lang.String) FILE_SPECS: file-specs Thanks! Avi --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Dave Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any Java JAR there can be a main-class which is the class called when no classname is specified. That main-class will also have a main() method which si the default entry point of the class. That method has the following signature public static void main(String[] args); Where the String[] are the command line arguments. Call the main() method passing in whatever command line arguments there would be as the String[]. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax avif@ wrote: I'd like to invoke the Flex2b2 compiler from ColdFusion using the Java class, if possible. I looked at the file MANIFEST.MF in mxmlc.jar, and saw: Main-Class: flex2.tools.Compiler So, I tried this in CF: Application.com.MXMLc = Application.com.URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(CompilerPath, flex2.tools.Compiler); That works, and I can CFDUMP the object to see a list of its methods and properties, but: - I can't set the property FILE_SPECS: I get an java.lang.IllegalAccessException with the message: field is final - I can't invoke the compile method. My code is: Application.com.MXMLc.compile(JavaCast(String, MxmlPath)); I get the CF message The selected method compile was not found. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it documented anywhere? I apologize if this is silly; I'm expert with CFML but not experienced with Java interaction. I did try to just use CFEXECUTE at first, with mxmlc.exe, but had trouble with it. I've always found CFEXECUTE frustrating, so I thought I'd give this approach a try. Thanks! Avi Flax Flex Newbie Arc90, New York http://www.arc90.com/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class?
If you look at the mxmlc compiler's shell script (in the bin dir), you'll see that all it's doing is invoking the JAR (with the various arguments of course): java $VMARGS -jar $FLEX_HOME/lib/mxmlc.jar $* hth matthew horn flex docs -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Wolf Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:30 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class? In any Java JAR there can be a main-class which is the class called when no classname is specified. That main-class will also have a main() method which si the default entry point of the class. That method has the following signature public static void main(String[] args); Where the String[] are the command line arguments. Call the main() method passing in whatever command line arguments there would be as the String[]. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to invoke the Flex2b2 compiler from ColdFusion using the Java class, if possible. I looked at the file MANIFEST.MF in mxmlc.jar, and saw: Main-Class: flex2.tools.Compiler So, I tried this in CF: Application.com.MXMLc = Application.com.URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(CompilerPath, flex2.tools.Compiler); That works, and I can CFDUMP the object to see a list of its methods and properties, but: - I can't set the property FILE_SPECS: I get an java.lang.IllegalAccessException with the message: field is final - I can't invoke the compile method. My code is: Application.com.MXMLc.compile(JavaCast(String, MxmlPath)); I get the CF message The selected method compile was not found. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it documented anywhere? I apologize if this is silly; I'm expert with CFML but not experienced with Java interaction. I did try to just use CFEXECUTE at first, with mxmlc.exe, but had trouble with it. I've always found CFEXECUTE frustrating, so I thought I'd give this approach a try. Thanks! Avi Flax Flex Newbie Arc90, New York http://www.arc90.com/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[flexcoders] Re: Possible to invoke Flex2b2 compiler as a Java class?
In any Java JAR there can be a main-class which is the class called when no classname is specified. That main-class will also have a main() method which si the default entry point of the class. That method has the following signature public static void main(String[] args); Where the String[] are the command line arguments. Call the main() method passing in whatever command line arguments there would be as the String[]. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Avi Flax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to invoke the Flex2b2 compiler from ColdFusion using the Java class, if possible. I looked at the file MANIFEST.MF in mxmlc.jar, and saw: Main-Class: flex2.tools.Compiler So, I tried this in CF: Application.com.MXMLc = Application.com.URLClassLoader.LoadJarClass(CompilerPath, flex2.tools.Compiler); That works, and I can CFDUMP the object to see a list of its methods and properties, but: - I can't set the property FILE_SPECS: I get an java.lang.IllegalAccessException with the message: field is final - I can't invoke the compile method. My code is: Application.com.MXMLc.compile(JavaCast(String, MxmlPath)); I get the CF message The selected method compile was not found. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it documented anywhere? I apologize if this is silly; I'm expert with CFML but not experienced with Java interaction. I did try to just use CFEXECUTE at first, with mxmlc.exe, but had trouble with it. I've always found CFEXECUTE frustrating, so I thought I'd give this approach a try. Thanks! Avi Flax Flex Newbie Arc90, New York http://www.arc90.com/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
