Exception when trying to create NiftyGUI

myamo · March 9, 2011, 1:23am

Hello,

when trying to create a nifty gui like in the tutorials, I get following exception:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: de/lessvoid/nifty/spi/render/MouseCursor

It points to following line:

[java] NiftyJmeDisplay guiDisplay = new NiftyJmeDisplay(assetManager, inputManager,

audioRenderer, guiViewPort);[/java]

What’s the problem?

normen · March 9, 2011, 1:28am

You probably miss some library, are you using jMP?

myamo · March 9, 2011, 5:18pm

Yes, I am using jMP.

normen · March 9, 2011, 5:44pm

Did you clean & build the project some time after the latest updates? Did you change the default library configuration for your project?

myamo · March 9, 2011, 10:43pm

It works now.

Is there a way to display my hud images behind my nifty elements? Because with the normal method my hud images are rendered over my nifty elements.

myamo · March 10, 2011, 12:58am

Is the button control working? control name=“button” … />

Because I get a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can’t subscribe to null.

when trying to create a button that way.

ractoc · March 10, 2011, 9:49am

Please post your entire screen xml and I’ll have a look.

void256 · March 10, 2011, 6:44pm

you should get a regular warning from nifty in the log when you’re trying to create controls without an id that use the event bus notification.

please give your button (and all other controls) an id. something like: "… name=“button” id=“mybutton” … and the message will go away. when creating controls from java via the Builder stuff then the controls should automatically get ids (iirc that is

myamo · March 10, 2011, 9:25pm

Ah ok, will do. That fixed my button.

myamo · March 11, 2011, 9:02pm

Is the onClick for controls working yet?

Here is my button:

[xml]

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?>

<nifty>

<useStyles filename=“nifty-default-styles.xml” />

<useControls filename=“nifty-default-controls.xml” />

<screen id=“start” controller=“tests.test02.TestGui”>

<layer id=“0” backgroundColor="#00000000" childLayout=“vertical”>

<control name=“button” id=“btn_0” label=“Test” height=“2%” width=“15%” align=“center”>

<interact onClick=“testPrintln()” />

</control>

</layer>

</screen>

</nifty>

[/xml]

But the testPrintln(), which prints “test” on the console, isn’t being called when I click on the button.

Also, how can I align multiple elements at the vertical and horizontal center of the screen?

void256 · March 11, 2011, 10:14pm

is testPrintln() a public method on your class tests.test02.TestGui ?

anything in the log?

your xml looks ok …

myamo · March 11, 2011, 10:59pm

It tells me it can’t instanziate the controller class, because it got a class not found exception.

If I use the same string in an import statement, it can find the class without problems, however. So the packages + class names are right.

void256 · March 11, 2011, 11:52pm

I’d suspect that this class not found exception is the cause for your method not being called then >_<

can you post the exception please? nifty does not do anything unusual to load the class just a:

[java]Class < ? > cls = ClassHelper.class.getClassLoader().loadClass(className);[/java]

and it checks if this class implements ScreenController but that’s it.

maybe some odd issue with jmp or a typo somewhere? o_O

myamo · March 12, 2011, 1:30am

Ok, now I got it.

It can’t load inner classes and it needs a default constructor.

void256 · March 12, 2011, 9:53am

It can load inner classes and if you tell Nifty about your ScreenController instances (the ones you have instantiated) it can even use a ScreenController without a default constructor.

myamo · March 14, 2011, 10:39pm

What does a “NoSuchElementException” mean when it points to: gui.fromXml(“Interface/gui.xml”, “start”); ?

Does that mean it can’t find “start”?

legouchier · March 14, 2011, 10:51pm

myamo said:
It works now.

~~How did you fix it? Got the same problem :/~~

edit: cancel that, just noticed the new sdk on the frontpage, everything fine now, too

void256 · March 14, 2011, 10:52pm

can you post the whole stacktrace please? NoSuchElementException can really mean everything …

myamo · March 15, 2011, 12:20pm

It begins at this line:

[java]

gui.fromXml(“Interface/gui.xml”, “start”);

[/java]

and then goes up:

[java]

java.util.NoSuchElementException

at java.util.AbstractList$Itr.next(AbstractList.java:350)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ControlType.makeFlatControlsInternal(ControlType.java:67)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.makeFlatControls(ElementType.java:330)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.makeFlatControls(ElementType.java:328)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.makeFlatControls(ElementType.java:328)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.makeFlatControls(ElementType.java:328)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.makeFlatControls(ElementType.java:328)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ElementType.prepare(ElementType.java:288)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.ScreenType.create(ScreenType.java:64)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.loaderv2.types.NiftyType.create(NiftyType.java:137)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.Nifty.loadFromFile(Nifty.java:468)

at de.lessvoid.nifty.Nifty.fromXml(Nifty.java:369)

[/java]

My gui is showing and working. But it bugs me nevertheless.

Oh and, can I add items to a DropDown only through my code or is it possible to do it in the xml as well?

void256 · March 15, 2011, 10:39pm

Read the documentation? (You’re lucky, there is actually one for the DropDown

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nifty-gui/index.php?title=Standard_Controls_DropDown

Adding items from XML is not supported anymore in Nifty 1.3. You’ll need to use Java for it.

Can you send your “gui.xml” too? I think there is an error in the xml somewhere that causes this Exception…