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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]

Eduardo Abreu
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    Edit your question to add the code for your FXML. My guess is that the FXML doesn't have an [import statement](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/fxml/doc-files/introduction_to_fxml.html#instance_declaration_elements) for `javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane`. – jewelsea May 22 '18 at 01:38
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    Most likely your FXML doesn't have the import statement for `BorderPane`. – Jai May 22 '18 at 01:39
  • There is no `BorderPane` defined in the fxml. Use `AnchorPane rootLayout` – c0der May 22 '18 at 02:51
  • That looks like `FilmeOverview.fxml`, the problem is in `RootLayout.fxml`. – Jai May 22 '18 at 03:12
  • Just added rootlayout, i tried importing borderpane as , but it doesn't work, is there a specific way to import borderpane? – Eduardo Abreu May 22 '18 at 03:29
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    Yes, stick a period where you put a space between 'layout' and 'BorderPane' – Sean F May 22 '18 at 03:59
  • Now i'm getting this "Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[31,3]", the question is not duplicate as it is not the same as my problem :/ – Eduardo Abreu May 22 '18 at 11:39

1 Answers1

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You have a couple of issues:

  1. The FXML doesn't have an import statement for javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane.
  2. Your rootLayout.fxml file is invalid FXML. You close the BorderPane element with an AnchorPane tag.
  3. 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.

jewelsea
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  • Thank you very much! For some reason god knows why, my FXML file looked like that, I changed my project's folder and tried deleting/creating the file, putting it in a notepad before, and copying from that, i don't know if things got mixed up in the process but i'm using Gluon's SceneBuilder. – Eduardo Abreu May 22 '18 at 17:47