com.apple.eawt - what exactly I should install

Question

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 t

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home or /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0*.jdk/Contents/Home/jre).

Answer 3

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: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/272

com.apple.eawt has been replaced.
Some of the features are covered here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/awt/Taskbar.html

An example implementation of setting the dock icon in mac os can be found here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/56924202/5276779