Com. Apple. Eawt - What Exactly I Should Install
I'm Using Max Os X Mountain Lion, Java -Version Returns "1.6.0_37". but I Cannot Compile Project with Com. Apple. Eawt. * Classes Imported. What I Have to...
I'm using Max OS X Mountain Lion, java -version returns "1.6.0_37". But I cannot compile project with com.apple.eawt.* classes imported.
What I have to install to have Apple Java Extensions on my system?
Any help would be appreciated!
Update:
I receive following error from compiler:
java: package com.apple.eawt does not exist
Update-2:
XCode version 4.5.2 is installed
Update-3:
The reason of my problem was missed ui.jar in classpath. Thanks to @Ian Roberts
4 Answers
There is no JAR to download or anything extra to install, the classes are part of the JDK on Mac OS X. In Apple Java 6 JDKs they live in Contents/Classes/ui.jar under the JDK bundle (e.g. /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk or /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_37-b06-434.jdk), on Oracle Java 7 they are in lib/rt.jar under the JRE home directory (/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ or /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0*.jdk/Contents/Home/jre).
Solution for Java 9 and later
In JDK 9, internal APIs such as those in the Mac OS X com.apple.eawt package will no longer be accessible.
see:
com.apple.eawt has been replaced.
Some of the features are covered here:
An example implementation of setting the dock icon in mac os can be found here:
Just in case you're still looking and anyone else hits this, the MacOS GestureUtilities are still available for that platform. See What replaces GestureUtilities in Java 9
Just like any other external library, you have to add the JAR containing those classes to your classpath. Just because you are running on a Mac does not mean the stock Java JDK is 'extended' -- otherwise, it would not be truly platform-independent.
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