Start JavaFX application from Java

Hello,
I have the following scenario:
I have a small JavaFX application and a big Java application. Now the Java App should call the JavaFX App to start up.
Further the JavaFX App has to call some methods from the Java App. Is this possible?
What is the best approach for my scenario?
Maybe somebody has made some experiences ..
thanks!
Edited by: 799878 on 03.11.2010 07:54

"Now the Java App should call the JavaFX App to start up."
I'm assuming that the JavaFX code and the Java code are in the same application, correct? If so, then there are hacks available, but no standard way to start up JavaFX from Java will exist until the APIs have been ported from JavaFX script to Java.
"Further the JavaFX App has to call some methods from the Java App. Is this possible?"
Yes. Java can be called from JavaFX just fine. Just be careful if you use multi-threading or time consuming operations, since JavaFX script is apparently single threaded. Also be aware that netbeans normally compiles JavaFX applications with JSE version 1.5, so library features that did not exist until later versions will not be available by default.

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