Announcing Scenic View 8.0.0 Developer Preview 4

by Jonathan Giles | Aug 8, 2013 | Scenic View | 9 comments

Just a really quick post about the availability of Scenic View 8.0.0 developer preview 4. This release is simply to get Scenic View working with the latest release developer preview builds of JavaFX 8.0.

For those unfamiliar with Scenic View, here’s a short blurb: Scenic View is a JavaFX application designed to make it simple to understand the current state of your application scenegraph, and to also easily manipulate properties of the scenegraph without having to keep editing your code. This lets you find bugs, and get things pixel perfect without having to do the compile-check-compile dance.

For those of you who like pictures more than text, here is a (really old) screenshot of Scenic View 1.2.0:

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As always, go and download, and leave feedback as a comment in this post! I know there are bugs, but you’re running developer preview code on top of developer preview code – what did you expect?! 🙂

9 Comments

VitaminC on August 13, 2013 at 2:46 pm

I’ve got a crash at startup.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=”Ubuntu 13.04″

$ java -version
java version “1.8.0-ea”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b100)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b42, mixed mode)

$ java -jar ScenicView.jar
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:351)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:304)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:778)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:867)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.scenicview.utils.attach.AttachHandlerFactory.initAttachAPI(AttachHandlerFactory.java:88)
at org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter.start(ScenicViewBooter.java:82)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$5.run(LauncherImpl.java:810)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:278)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:244)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:241)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5.run(PlatformImpl.java:241)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.access$200(GtkApplication.java:47)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication$5$1.run(GtkApplication.java:137)
… 1 more
Exception running application org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter
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Adam Walczak on August 20, 2013 at 3:50 pm

seams not to work with the leatest java 8 builds:

walec51@walec51-linux:~/Pobrane$ java -jar ScenicView.jar
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:351)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:304)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:778)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:867)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.scenicview.utils.attach.AttachHandlerFactory.initAttachAPI(AttachHandlerFactory.java:88)
at org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter.start(ScenicViewBooter.java:82)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$5.run(LauncherImpl.java:810)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:278)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:244)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:241)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$5.run(PlatformImpl.java:241)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.access$200(GtkApplication.java:47)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication$5$1.run(GtkApplication.java:137)
… 1 more
Exception running application org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter
walec51@walec51-linux:~/Pobrane$ java -version
java version “1.8.0-ea”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b100)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b42, mixed mode)
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- Jonathan Giles on August 20, 2013 at 4:04 pm
  
  Try upgrading to a newer Java 8 build – b100 is a few weeks old now and b103 is the latest release.
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Mike on September 10, 2013 at 12:27 pm

I have problems too
Debian 3.9.5-1 x86_64
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0-ea-b106 +indy [linux-amd64]

$ java -jar ScenicView.jar
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:351)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:304)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:754)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:868)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:55)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:157)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.scenicview.utils.attach.AttachHandlerFactory.initAttachAPI(AttachHandlerFactory.java:88)
at org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter.start(ScenicViewBooter.java:82)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$5.run(LauncherImpl.java:811)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$7.run(PlatformImpl.java:319)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:285)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:282)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:282)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.access$200(GtkApplication.java:47)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication$5$1.run(GtkApplication.java:137)
… 1 more
Exception running application org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter
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Neil Galarneau on November 20, 2013 at 12:20 pm

Thank you for this very helpful tool!

FYI, on b114 when DP4 of Scenic View is running, my application doesn’t terminate when its window is closed. If SV isn’t running the app does terminate when its window is closed.

Explicitly setting Platform.implicitExit had no effect.
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Dan on March 2, 2014 at 4:02 pm

Doesn’t work with the current Java 8 release either (on Ubuntu Linux)

/opt/java/ScenicView-8-preview$ java -version
java version “1.8.0-ea”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b123)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b65, mixed mode)
opt/java/ScenicView-8-preview$ java -jar ScenicView.jar
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:483)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:367)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:305)
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:483)
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:894)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.scenicview.utils.attach.AttachHandlerFactory.initAttachAPI(AttachHandlerFactory.java:88)
at org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter.start(ScenicViewBooter.java:82)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$8.run(LauncherImpl.java:837)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$7.run(PlatformImpl.java:331)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:297)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:294)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.access$200(GtkApplication.java:48)
at com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication$6$1.run(GtkApplication.java:149)
… 1 more
Exception running application org.scenicview.utils.ScenicViewBooter
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Martin on May 12, 2014 at 12:21 pm

I’m getting the same exception with JDK 1.8.0_05 on Ubuntu Linux.
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Dakshinamurthy Karra on July 11, 2014 at 9:12 am

Is scenic view open source? If it is, where can I access the source code?
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Paolo on July 16, 2014 at 12:30 am

Great tool, thank you!!!

Will the source code ever be open?
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