title: Unable to construct javafx.application.Application instance
body: <p>I'm trying a JavaFX tutorial from the Oracle site [fxml tutorial] (<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/get-started-tutorial/fxml_tutorial.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/get-started-tutorial/fxml_tutorial.htm</a>).</p>
  
  <pre><code>package fxml;
  
  import javafx.application.Application;
  import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
  import javafx.scene.Parent;
  import javafx.scene.Scene;
  import javafx.stage.Stage;
  
  class Main extends Application {
  
      public Main() {}
  
      @Override
      public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
          Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("welcome.fxml"));
  
          Scene scene = new Scene(root);
  
          stage.setTitle("FXML UI");
          stage.setScene(scene);
          stage.show();
      }
  
      public static void main(String args[]) {
          launch(args);
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is the exception that I'm continuously getting.
  The application doesn't show up on the screen.
  I did the non-args Main() constructor from another stack overflow answer but it didn't fix it.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Exception in Application constructor
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to construct Application instance: class fxml.Main
      at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:884)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:56)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:158)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Class com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$7 can not access a member of class fxml.Main with modifiers "public"
      at sun.reflect.Reflection.ensureMemberAccess(Reflection.java:101)
      at java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.slowCheckMemberAccess(AccessibleObject.java:295)
      at java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkAccess(AccessibleObject.java:287)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:398)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$7.run(LauncherImpl.java:791)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$7.run(PlatformImpl.java:335)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:301)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:298)
      at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
      at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:298)
      at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
  </code></pre>