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Setting a Textfield in MainController through Controller Instance Reference in another file

Im trying to set the Text of a Textfield in my MainController from another file.
I read that this:
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("main.fxml"));
MainController mc = (MainController) loader.getController();
is how you're supposed to get a reference to the Controller Instance in Javafx. I tried to implement it, but it gives me a NullPointerException when trying to set the TextField.
Here is my Code:
Main.java:
package application;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
static MainController mc;
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
try {
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("main.fxml"));
Scene scene = new Scene(root,348,212);
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.setTitle("Flextime calculator");
primaryStage.getIcons().add(new Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream("assets/icon.png")));
primaryStage.setResizable(false);
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("main.fxml"));
mc = (MainController) loader.getController();
primaryStage.show();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
public static MainController getMc() {
return mc;
}
}
MainController.java:
public class MainController {
#FXML Label fxFlextime;
#FXML Label fxTotalFlextime;
#FXML TextField fxStarttime;
#FXML TextField fxEndtime;
#FXML TextField fxDailyWorktime;
#FXML TextField fxBreaktime;
#FXML TextField fxAddBreaktime;
#FXML TextField fxBreakGap;
#FXML CheckBox fxAddBreak;
//Create Model, Userconfig
Model model = new Model();
UserConfig config = new UserConfig();
public void initialize() {
config.initialize();
}
}
UserConfig.java:
public class UserConfig {
public void initialize() {
insertDefault();
}
void insertDefault() {
List<String> prefValues = getPreference();
//FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("main.fxml"));
//MainController mc = (MainController) loader.getController();
// ^Tried also putting it here to see wether im referencing the variable wrong or something,
// so maybe im getting the Controller wrong? With mc.fxStarttime.setText("") it also didnt work here
Main.mc.fxStarttime.setText("");
Main.mc.fxEndtime.setText(prefValues.get(2));
Main.mc.fxDailyWorktime.setText(prefValues.get(3));
Main.mc.fxBreaktime.setText(prefValues.get(4));
Main.mc.fxAddBreaktime.setText(prefValues.get(5));
Main.mc.fxBreakGap.setText(prefValues.get(6));
}
static List<String> getPreference() {
// This will define a node in which the preferences can be stored
Preferences userPrefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(Main.class);
try {
String[] keys = userPrefs.keys();
if (keys == null) {
userPrefs.put("DEFStarttime" , "1");
userPrefs.put("DEFEndtime" , "");
userPrefs.put("DEFDailyWorktime", "");
userPrefs.put("DEFBreaktime" , "");
userPrefs.put("DEFAddBreaktime" , "");
userPrefs.put("DEFBreakGap" , "");
}
} catch (BackingStoreException ex) {
System.err.println(ex);
}
List<String> prefValues = new ArrayList<String>();
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFStarttime" , ""));
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFEndtime" , ""));
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFDailyWorktime" , ""));
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFBreaktime" , ""));
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFAddBreaktime" , ""));
prefValues.add(userPrefs.get("DEFBreakGap" , ""));
/*
for(String string : prefValues) {
System.out.println(string);
}
*/
return prefValues;
}
}
The Error:
javafx.fxml.LoadException:
/C:/eclipse-workspace/project/bin/application/main.fxml
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.constructLoadException(FXMLLoader.java:2625)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2595)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2466)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3237)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3194)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3163)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3136)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:3113)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(FXMLLoader.java:3106)
at application.Main.start(Main.java:18)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$9(LauncherImpl.java:846)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$12(PlatformImpl.java:455)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(PlatformImpl.java:428)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$11(PlatformImpl.java:427)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:96)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(WinApplication.java:174)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830)
Caused by: 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:567)
at com.sun.javafx.reflect.Trampoline.invoke(MethodUtil.java:76)
at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.reflect.MethodUtil.invoke(MethodUtil.java:273)
at javafx.fxml/com.sun.javafx.fxml.MethodHelper.invoke(MethodHelper.java:83)
at javafx.fxml/javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2591)
... 17 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at application.UserConfig.insertDefault(UserConfig.java:25)
at application.UserConfig.initialize(UserConfig.java:18)
at application.MainController.initialize(MainController.java:39)
... 28 more
I tried to cut it down to the minimal amount of code.
Edit:
Here the Main.fxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Menu?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.FlowPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<VBox maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="212.0" prefWidth="348.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/11.0.1" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="application.MainController">
<children>
<MenuBar fx:id="fxMenuBar">
<menus>
<Menu fx:id="fxFileMenu" mnemonicParsing="false" text="File">
<items>
<MenuItem fx:id="fxExitItem" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#exitProgram" text="Exit" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Settings">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="About" />
</items>
</Menu>
</menus>
</MenuBar>
<FlowPane alignment="CENTER_LEFT" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="403.0">
<children>
<Label alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="15.0" prefWidth="65.0" text="Starttime:" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" top="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<TextField fx:id="fxStarttime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00:00">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets top="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin></TextField>
<Label alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="17.0" prefWidth="112.0" text="Required daily hours:" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" right="5.0" top="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<TextField fx:id="fxDailyWorktime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00.00">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets top="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin></TextField>
</children>
</FlowPane>
<FlowPane alignment="CENTER_LEFT" prefHeight="36.0" prefWidth="300.0">
<children>
<Label alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="15.0" prefWidth="65.0" text="Endtime:" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<TextField fx:id="fxEndtime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00:00" />
<Label alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="15.0" prefWidth="65.0" text="Breaktime:" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="57.0" right="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<TextField fx:id="fxBreaktime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00" />
</children>
</FlowPane>
<FlowPane prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="300.0">
<children>
<CheckBox fx:id="fxAddBreak" mnemonicParsing="false" text="Add:">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="20.0" top="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</CheckBox>
<TextField fx:id="fxAddBreaktime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</TextField>
<Label text="breaktime from ">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets top="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<TextField fx:id="fxBreakGap" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="45.0" promptText="00.00">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets top="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</TextField>
<Label text="working hours">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="5.0" top="5.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
</children>
</FlowPane>
<FlowPane alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" prefHeight="32.0" prefWidth="300.0">
<children>
<Label text="Flextime:">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label fx:id="fxFlextime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="10.0" prefWidth="35.0" text="0.00" textAlignment="CENTER">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="h">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
</children>
</FlowPane>
<FlowPane alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" prefHeight="32.0" prefWidth="300.0">
<children>
<Label text="Total flextime:" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label fx:id="fxTotalFlextime" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="10.0" prefWidth="35.0" text="0.00" textAlignment="CENTER">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="h">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Label>
</children>
</FlowPane>
<FlowPane alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="300.0">
<children>
<Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#calculate" text="Calculate" underline="true">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Button>
<Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#addToTotal" text="Add to total" />
<Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#clear" text="Clear">
<FlowPane.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" right="10.0" />
</FlowPane.margin>
</Button>
</children>
</FlowPane>
</children>
</VBox>

The reason why you are getting the NullPointerException is because the Main.mc is null at the point where you are trying to access it fields in UserConfig.
In the line where you load your main.fxml Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("main.fxml")); the initialize() method in the controller MainController is invoked and at that point you are invoking userConfig.initialize() which also make a backward reference to Main.mc which at that point is null.
You can make the config public in your MainController class and initialize user config after you set the mc field in the Main class. Or you can inject the MainController as parameter into the UserConfig initialize method.
Main.java
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("main.fxml"));
Parent root = (Parent) loader.load();
Scene scene = new Scene(root,348,212);
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.setTitle("Flextime calculator");
primaryStage.getIcons().add(new Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream("assets/icon.png")));
primaryStage.setResizable(false);
mc = (MainController) loader.getController();
mc.config.initialize();
MainController.java
public UserConfig config = new UserConfig();
#FXML
public void initialize() {
//remove the config.initialize(); from here
}

BorderPane always return null value

I am dealing with JavaFX , I am trying to get my graphical composant from my FXML page into the java classes, but it always return null value
Page.fxml
<?import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<ScrollPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.172-ea" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
<content>
<BorderPane maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" fx:id="Mycontent">
<top>
<fx:include source="TopMenu.fxml" />
</top>
<center>
<fx:include source="Operation.fxml" />
</center>
<left>
<fx:include source="SideBar_Inhumer.fxml" />
</left>
<bottom>
<fx:include source="Footer.fxml" />
</bottom>
</BorderPane>
</content>
</ScrollPane>
Controller.java
package sample;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
public class Controller implements Initializable {
#FXML
public BorderPane Mycontent;
#FXML
public void goToDemandeur(){
System.out.println(Mycontent);
//Mycontent.setCenter(FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("Demandeur.fxml")));
}
#Override
public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
}
}
My code always print "null"
if I try for example Mycontent.getCenter()it gives me this error
Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
(which normal because Mycontent is null, but why it is null? )
PS: my method goToDemandeur() is called into an other fxml page SideBar_Inhumer.fxml after a click onMouseClicked="#goToDemandeur"
SideBar_Inhumer.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<VBox layoutX="77.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.172-ea" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
<children>
<Pane >
<children>
<Label alignment="CENTER" text="Inhumer" >
<font>
<Font size="24.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="20.0" left="25.0" right="25.0" top="30.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
</Pane>
<Pane style="-fx-background-color: #F08080;" onMouseClicked="#goToDemandeur">
<children>
<Label text="Demandeur" >
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="20.0" right="20.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
<VBox.margin>
<Insets />
</VBox.margin>
</Pane>
<Pane style="-fx-background-color: #C6E2B9;">
<children>
<Label text="Defunt">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="20.0" right="20.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
</Pane>
<Pane style="-fx-background-color: #FBF6A5;">
<children>
<Label text="Emplacement">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="20.0" right="20.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
</Pane>
<Pane style="-fx-background-color: #FFCC99;">
<children>
<Label text="Prestataire">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="20.0" right="20.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
</Pane>
<Pane style="-fx-background-color: #D8B46D;">
<children>
<Label text="Opération">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="20.0" right="20.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</Label>
</children>
</Pane>
</children>
</VBox>
Main.java
package View;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.geometry.Rectangle2D;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Screen;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("../View/Page.fxml"));
primaryStage.setTitle("Finalys");
Screen screen = Screen.getPrimary();
Rectangle2D bounds = screen.getVisualBounds();
Scene scene =new Scene(root, 600, 475);
primaryStage.setX(bounds.getMinX());
primaryStage.setY(bounds.getMinY());
primaryStage.setWidth(bounds.getWidth());
primaryStage.setHeight(bounds.getHeight());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
scene.getStylesheets().add(Main.class.getResource("bootstrap2.css").toExternalForm());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

To initialize or to not initialize JavaFX TextField [duplicate]

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What's the difference between fx:id and id: in JavaFX?
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I have a JavaFX app that has the function to bring up a FileChooser. I just want to get the path of the file selected and set a Text Field to that path in the app. I need to re-use this function 4 times. Every time, I pass the TextField ID to the function it says it's null and then get the NullPointerException. I've tried several different solutions that said to create an initialize() for it, but that does not work either.
Multiple sources said to initialize the text field objects such as:
TextField global_dataset_1 = new TextField();
Then some sources said don't do that and to just refer to the .fxml IDs; which is what I thought originally to do... I tried the first one above by declaring it in the beginning and wrapping it into an #Override initialize(). Neither worked. I have the IDs set in the .fxml file.
I've also looked at: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/javafx/filechooser.html and https://examples.javacodegeeks.com/desktop-java/javafx/fxml/javafx-fxml-controller-example/ and https://github.com/mwilchek/Restaurant-Gift-Card-Lookup-App/blob/master/src/controller/NewAccountController.java
Below is what I have:
Main.java
package views;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main extends Application {
public static Stage primaryStage = new Stage();
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws IOException{
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("Main.fxml"));
primaryStage.setTitle("Configuration Manager");
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 1100, 700));
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
FxmlController.java
package controller;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.scene.control.Accordion;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.stage.FileChooser;
import java.io.File;
import static views.Main.primaryStage;
public class FxmlController {
#FXML
Accordion mainList;
#FXML
AnchorPane AnchorPane1;
//TextFields are all set to NULL ERROR
#FXML
TextField global_dataset_1;
#FXML
TextField global_dataset_2;
#FXML
TextField global_dataset_3;
#FXML
TextField global_dataset_4;
public void fileChooser1() {
fileChooser(global_dataset_1);
}
public void fileChooser2() {
fileChooser(global_dataset_2);
}
public void fileChooser3() {
fileChooser(global_dataset_3);
}
public void fileChooser4() {
fileChooser(global_dataset_4);
}
public FxmlController(){
}
// Error: For some reason won't pass TextField Object here...
public void fileChooser(TextField field) {
FileChooser fileChooser = new FileChooser();
fileChooser.setTitle("Select Global Dataset");
fileChooser.getExtensionFilters().addAll(
new FileChooser.ExtensionFilter("CSV Files", "*.csv"),
new FileChooser.ExtensionFilter("All Files", "*.*"));
File selectedFile = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(primaryStage);
field.appendText(selectedFile.getPath());
}
Main.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import java.lang.String?>
<?import javafx.collections.FXCollections?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Accordion?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Menu?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Separator?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.SeparatorMenuItem?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.SplitPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TitledPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<VBox prefHeight="700.0" prefWidth="1100.0" style="-fx-background-color: white;" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.121" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="controller.FxmlController">
<children>
<MenuBar style="-fx-background-color: #2176ff;" styleClass="context-menu" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" >
<menus>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="menu-item" text="File">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="New" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Open…" />
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Open Recent" />
<SeparatorMenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Close" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Save" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Save As…" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Revert" />
<SeparatorMenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Preferences…" />
<SeparatorMenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" />
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Quit" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Help">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="About" />
</items>
</Menu>
</menus>
</MenuBar>
<SplitPane dividerPositions="0.5, 0.5, 0.5" prefHeight="659.0" prefWidth="1100.0" >
<items>
<Accordion id="mainList" prefWidth="384.0">
<panes>
<TitledPane animated="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="Global Configurations">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="52.0" prefWidth="393.0" >
<children>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="15.0" prefHeight="41.0" prefWidth="93.0" text="Year:">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<ChoiceBox id="year" layoutX="405.0" layoutY="21.0" prefWidth="116.0" style="-fx-background-color: #2176ff;" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" value="2018">
<items>
<FXCollections fx:factory="observableArrayList">
<String fx:value="2018" />
<String fx:value="2019" />
<String fx:value="2020" />
<String fx:value="2021" />
<String fx:value="2022" />
</FXCollections>
</items>
</ChoiceBox>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="70.0" text="Run Name:">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Separator layoutX="-3.0" layoutY="54.0" prefHeight="13.0" prefWidth="537.0" />
<TextField id="run_name" layoutX="298.0" layoutY="68.0" prefHeight="32.0" prefWidth="225.0" promptText="Run Name" style="-fx-background-color: #2176ff; -fx-text-fill: white;" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css">
<font>
<Font size="14.0" />
</font>
</TextField>
<Separator layoutX="-2.0" layoutY="109.0" prefHeight="13.0" prefWidth="537.0" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="122.0" prefHeight="35.0" prefWidth="140.0" text="Global Datasets" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Century" size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="160.0" text="Dataset 1: ">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="192.0" text="Dataset 2: ">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="227.0" text="Dataset 3: ">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="263.0" text="Dataset 4: ">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField id="global_dataset_1" cache="true" layoutX="111.0" layoutY="158.0" prefWidth="379.0" promptText="Path to File" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" />
<Button layoutX="497.0" layoutY="157.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onMouseClicked="#fileChooser1" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="..." />
<TextField id="global_dataset_2" cache="true" layoutX="111.0" layoutY="191.0" prefWidth="379.0" promptText="Path to File" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" />
<TextField id="global_dataset_3" cache="true" layoutX="111.0" layoutY="227.0" prefWidth="379.0" promptText="Path to File" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" />
<TextField id="global_dataset_4" cache="true" layoutX="110.0" layoutY="263.0" prefWidth="379.0" promptText="Path to File" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" />
<Button layoutX="497.0" layoutY="192.0" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="..." />
<Button layoutX="497.0" layoutY="226.0" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="..." />
<Button layoutX="497.0" layoutY="262.0" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="..." />
</children></AnchorPane>
</content>
</TitledPane>
<TitledPane animated="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="Annual 1">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0" />
</content>
</TitledPane>
<TitledPane animated="false" styleClass="primary" stylesheets="#bootstrap3.css" text="Annual 2">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0" />
</content>
</TitledPane>
</panes>
</Accordion>
<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane1" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" visible="true" />
<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane2" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" visible="false" />
<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane3" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" visible="false" />
</items>
</SplitPane>
</children>
</VBox>
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

You have errors with how you've built your FXML file. Within your tags, you need to set the node's ID using fx:id but you only do id.
Your TextFields should be changed to:
<TextField fx:id="global_dataset_1" ...
A couple side notes:
You may want to use field.setText() instead of appendText() unless your intention is to allow them to select multiple files and list them all in the same text field.
Also, in your controller class, you should declare your nodes as private:
#FXML
private TextField global_dataset_1;
Lastly, sharing your primaryStage as a public field is not necessary (or recommended). Another way to open the FileChooser centered would be to get the current Window from any node declared in your controller:
File selectedFile = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(
global_dataset_1.getScene().getWindow());

JavaFx "BorderPane is not a valid type."

I'm having this error while following a tutorial:
javafx.fxml.LoadException: BorderPane is not a valid type.
/C:/Users/Eduardo%20Abreu/Documents/Eclipse-Workspace/UnifacsProjeto/bin/projeto/resources/RootLayout.fxml
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.constructLoadException(FXMLLoader.java:2597)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.createElement(FXMLLoader.java:2774)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.processStartElement(FXMLLoader.java:2704)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2527)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2441)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(FXMLLoader.java:2409)
at projeto.MainApp.initRootLayout(MainApp.java:33)
at projeto.MainApp.start(MainApp.java:24)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$161(LauncherImpl.java:863)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$174(PlatformImpl.java:326)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$172(PlatformImpl.java:295)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$173(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$147(WinApplication.java:177)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:389)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:328)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:767)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:917)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$154(LauncherImpl.java:182)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at projeto.MainApp.showFilmeOverview(MainApp.java:48)
at projeto.MainApp.start(MainApp.java:26)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$161(LauncherImpl.java:863)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$174(PlatformImpl.java:326)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$172(PlatformImpl.java:295)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$173(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$147(WinApplication.java:177)
... 1 more
Exception running application projeto.MainApp
Here's my code:
package projeto;
import java.io.IOException;
import ch.makery.address.MainApp;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class MainApp extends Application {
private Stage primaryStage;
private BorderPane rootLayout;
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
this.primaryStage = primaryStage;
this.primaryStage.setTitle("CineTudo");
initRootLayout();
showFilmeOverview();
}
public void initRootLayout(){
try {
//Carrega o layout root do arquivo fxml
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(MainApp.class.getResource("resources/RootLayout.fxml"));
rootLayout = (BorderPane) loader.load();
Scene cena = new Scene(rootLayout);
primaryStage.setScene(cena);
primaryStage.show();
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void showFilmeOverview() {
try {
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader();
loader.setLocation((MainApp.class.getResource("resources/FilmeOverview.fxml")));
AnchorPane filmeOverview = (AnchorPane) loader.load();
rootLayout.setCenter(filmeOverview);
}catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public Stage getPrimaryStage() {
return primaryStage;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Here's the tutorial code:
package ch.makery.address;
import java.io.IOException;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class MainApp extends Application {
private Stage primaryStage;
private BorderPane rootLayout;
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
this.primaryStage = primaryStage;
this.primaryStage.setTitle("AddressApp");
initRootLayout();
showPersonOverview();
}
/**
* Initializes the root layout.
*/
public void initRootLayout() {
try {
// Load root layout from fxml file.
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader();
loader.setLocation(MainApp.class.getResource("view/RootLayout.fxml"));
rootLayout = (BorderPane) loader.load();
// Show the scene containing the root layout.
Scene scene = new Scene(rootLayout);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Shows the person overview inside the root layout.
*/
public void showPersonOverview() {
try {
// Load person overview.
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader();
loader.setLocation(MainApp.class.getResource("view/PersonOverview.fxml"));
AnchorPane personOverview = (AnchorPane) loader.load();
// Set person overview into the center of root layout.
rootLayout.setCenter(personOverview);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Returns the main stage.
* #return
*/
public Stage getPrimaryStage() {
return primaryStage;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
I don't have any id's on the Fxml file and the tutorial's one doesn't have it either, i created FilmeOverview.fxml as AnchorPane and RootLayout as BorderPane, I tried changing the position of the method but it doesn't work, does anyone know how to fix this?
Edit: Here's the FXML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import com.jfoenix.controls.JFXButton?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.ButtonBar?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.SplitPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableView?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="500.0" prefWidth="800.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.171" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
<children>
<SplitPane dividerPositions="0.29797979797979796" layoutX="191.0" layoutY="120.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
<items>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0">
<children>
<TableView layoutX="-25.0" layoutY="46.0" prefHeight="398.0" prefWidth="175.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
<columns>
<TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="Filme" />
<TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="Sala" />
<TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="Categoria" />
</columns>
<columnResizePolicy>
<TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY" />
</columnResizePolicy>
</TableView>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="14.0" text="Detalhes do Filme">
<font>
<Font name="Open Sans Light" size="15.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<GridPane layoutX="14.0" layoutY="49.0" prefHeight="268.0" prefWidth="547.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="5.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="5.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="49.0">
<columnConstraints>
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
</columnConstraints>
<rowConstraints>
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
</rowConstraints>
<children>
<Label text="Título:">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="20.0" layoutY="17.0" text="Sala:" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="20.0" layoutY="55.0" text="Categoria:" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Diretor:" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Duração:" GridPane.rowIndex="4">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Protagonista:" GridPane.rowIndex="5">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Classificação:" GridPane.rowIndex="6">
<font>
<Font size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1">
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="4">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="5">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
<Label text="Label" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="6">
<font>
<Font name="Roboto" size="16.0" />
</font>
<GridPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
</GridPane.margin>
</Label>
</children>
</GridPane>
<ButtonBar layoutX="276.0" layoutY="425.0" prefHeight="59.0" prefWidth="267.0">
<buttons>
<JFXButton style="-fx-background-color: #00BCD4;" text="Adicionar" />
<JFXButton style="-fx-background-color: #03A9F4;" text="Editar" />
<JFXButton style="-fx-background-color: #F44336;" text="Deletar" />
</buttons>
</ButtonBar>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</items>
</SplitPane>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
Edit 2: Here's rootLayout.fxml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Menu?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<BorderPane prefHeight="500.0" prefWidth="800.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.171" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
<children>
<MenuBar layoutY="2.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="800.0">
<menus>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Arquivo">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Fechar" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Editar">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Deletar" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Ajuda">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Sobre" />
</items>
</Menu>
</menus>
</MenuBar>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
This is not a duplicate, changing the import doesn't fix it, i still get
Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at
[row,col]:[31,3]

You have a couple of issues:
The FXML doesn't have an import statement for javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane.
Your rootLayout.fxml file is invalid FXML. You close the BorderPane element with an AnchorPane tag.
You define the contents of the border pane as children, where they are supposed to be defined by position.
Sample valid FXML with the above issues fixed:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<BorderPane prefHeight="500.0" prefWidth="800.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.171" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
<top>
<MenuBar layoutY="2.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="800.0">
<menus>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Arquivo">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Fechar" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Editar">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Deletar" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Ajuda">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Sobre" />
</items>
</Menu>
</menus>
</MenuBar>
</top>
</BorderPane>
As an aside, I recommend downloading Gluon SceneBuilder and using that to edit your FXML.
Also note, some IDEs, such as IntelliJ, include code completion, type checking and syntax checking which would highlight many of the above errors in your document when you load the file into the IDE.

Javafx program error when controller class is added

I'm building an application using JavaFx and scene builder, however everything works fine, except when I add the Controller class.
I get the following error:
Exception in Application start method Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:875)
at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$147(LauncherImpl.java:157)
at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$1/868693306.run(Unknown
Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
javafx.fxml.LoadException:
/C:/Users/M%20ROSE/Documents/Info%20Trivia/out/production/Info%20Trivia/sample/gameScene1.fxml:15
However the moment I remove the fx:controller attribute from this line in my fxml code it works perfectly.
<BorderPane maxHeight="450.0" maxWidth="800.0" minHeight="450.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="800.0" styleClass="questionInstance" stylesheets="#style.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
Here are the relevant codes
Controller Class
package sample;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.shape.* ;
import javafx.geometry.* ;
import javafx.scene.text.* ;
import javafx.scene.image.* ;
import javafx.scene.control.* ;
import java.lang.* ;
import javafx.scene.layout.* ;
import javafx.geometry.Insets ;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane ;
import javafx.scene.control.Button ;
import javafx.scene.control.Label ;
public class Controller {
//Initialize fxml controls
public Button trueButton;
public Button falseButton;
public Label playerLabel;
public Label questionLabel;
public Label scoreValue;
public ImageView questionImage;
public Rectangle redBar;
public Rectangle greenBar;
//Create array for level 1 questions
String[][] levelOneData = {
{"This is a Sequence Diagram","f", null},
{"This diagram is for a database","t", null},
{"This is a rack diagram","t", null},
{"This is a flow chart","f", null},
{"This is a kind of UML diagram","t", null}
};
Image[] levelOneImages = new Image[] {
new Image("res/images/l1q1.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q2.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q3.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q4.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q5.png")
};
public void levelOneInitializer(){
questionLabel.setText(levelOneData[0][0]);
questionImage.setImage(levelOneImages[0]);
System.out.println("done");
}
}
Main Class
package sample;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("gameScene1.fxml"));
primaryStage.setTitle("Info Trivia");
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 800, 450));
primaryStage.setResizable(false);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
gameScene1.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.shape.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<BorderPane maxHeight="450.0" maxWidth="800.0" minHeight="450.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="800.0" styleClass="questionInstance" stylesheets="#style.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
<top>
<HBox styleClass="questheader" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<ImageView pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#res/images/userICon.png" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<Label id="playerName" fx:id="playerLabel" text="Player 1" textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Region prefHeight="0.0" prefWidth="382.0" />
<Label id="ScoreLabel" layoutX="40.0" layoutY="10.0" text="Score: " textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label id="scoreValue" fx:id="scoreValue" layoutX="129.0" layoutY="10.0" text="0" textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets left="50.0" right="50.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="15.0" right="15.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</top>
<left>
<StackPane prefHeight="150.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets left="50.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<children>
<ImageView fx:id="questionImage" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#res/images/blankimage.png" />
</image>
<StackPane.margin>
<Insets left="35.0" />
</StackPane.margin>
</ImageView>
</children>
</StackPane>
</left>
<bottom>
<HBox BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Rectangle fx:id="greenBar" arcHeight="5.0" arcWidth="5.0" fill="#34b316" height="28.0" stroke="BLACK" strokeType="INSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" width="10.0" />
<Rectangle fx:id="redBar" arcHeight="5.0" arcWidth="5.0" fill="#a93535" height="28.0" stroke="BLACK" strokeType="INSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" width="620.0" />
</children>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="40.0" left="85.0" right="85.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</bottom>
<center>
<BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets right="85.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<top>
<StackPane prefHeight="150.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Label fx:id="questionLabel" text="This Is a Question" textFill="#191919">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</StackPane>
</top>
<center>
<HBox prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Button fx:id="trueButton" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="100.0" text="True">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets />
</HBox.margin>
</Button>
<Region prefWidth="200.0" />
<Button fx:id="falseButton" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="100.0" text="False" />
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets />
</BorderPane.margin>
<padding>
<Insets left="20.0" top="20.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</center>
</BorderPane>
</center>
</BorderPane>

You controller have to implement Initializable, Try with the following :
public class Controller implement Initializable{
//Initialize fxml controls
#FXML
public Button trueButton;
#FXML
public Button falseButton;
#FXML
public Label playerLabel;
#FXML
public Label questionLabel;
#FXML
public Label scoreValue;
#FXML
public ImageView questionImage;
#FXML
public Rectangle redBar;
#FXML
public Rectangle greenBar;
//Create array for level 1 questions
String[][] levelOneData = {
{"This is a Sequence Diagram","f", null},
{"This diagram is for a database","t", null},
{"This is a rack diagram","t", null},
{"This is a flow chart","f", null},
{"This is a kind of UML diagram","t", null}
};
Image[] levelOneImages = new Image[] {
new Image("res/images/l1q1.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q2.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q3.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q4.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q5.png")
};
public void levelOneInitializer(){
questionLabel.setText(levelOneData[0][0]);
questionImage.setImage(levelOneImages[0]);
System.out.println("done");
}
}