How to profile JavaFX maven project in NetBeans - maven

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When I try to profile JavaFX project in Netbeans 8.2 I get following build error:
cd C:\Users\David\Documents\NetBeansProjects\FxClock; "JAVA_HOME=C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_101" cmd /c "\"\"C:\\Program Files\\NetBeans 8.2\\java\\maven\\bin\\mvn.bat\" -Dexec.args.merged=true -Dexec.args=\"-agentpath:\\\"C:/Program Files/NetBeans 8.2/profiler/lib/deployed/jdk16/windows-amd64/profilerinterface.dll\\\"=\\\"C:\\Program Files\\NetBeans 8.2\\profiler\\lib\\\",5140,10 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=C:\\Users\\David\\AppData\\Local\\NetBeans\\Cache\\8.2\\mavencachedirs\\521057086\\org-netbeans-modules-profiler -createjar -nocss2bin -appclass com.upce.fxclock.MainApp -srcdir C:\\Users\\David\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\FxClock\\target/classes -outdir C:\\Users\\David\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\FxClock\\target -outfile FxClock-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar\" -Dexec.executable=\"C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_101\\bin\\java.exe\" -Dmaven.ext.class.path=\"C:\\Program Files\\NetBeans 8.2\\java\\maven-nblib\\netbeans-eventspy.jar\" -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 process-classes org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.2.1:exec\""
Default 'profile' action exec.args merged with maven-exec-plugin arguments declared in pom.xml.
Scanning for projects...
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Building FxClock 1.0-SNAPSHOT
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--- maven-resources-plugin:2.5:resources (default-resources) # FxClock ---
[debug] execute contextualize
Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
Copying 5 resources
--- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) # FxClock ---
Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
--- exec-maven-plugin:1.2.1:exec (default-cli) # FxClock ---
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Unrecognized option: -createjar
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BUILD FAILURE
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Total time: 1.158s
Finished at: Sun May 14 23:35:56 CEST 2017
Final Memory: 7M/155M
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Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.2.1:exec (default-cli) on project FxClock: Command execution failed. Process exited with an error: 1 (Exit value: 1) -> [Help 1]
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when I open the nbactions.xml, the profile action is not set, so it uses default one which fails to build.
nbactions.xml:
<actions>
<action>
<actionName>run</actionName>
<goals>
<goal>clean</goal>
<goal>package</goal>
<goal>org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.2.1:exec</goal>
</goals>
<properties>
<runfx.args>-jar "${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar"</runfx.args>
</properties>
</action>
<action>
<actionName>debug</actionName>
<goals>
<goal>clean</goal>
<goal>package</goal>
<goal>org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.2.1:exec</goal>
</goals>
<properties>
<runfx.args>-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=n,address=${jpda.address} -Dglass.disableGrab=true -jar "${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar"</runfx.args>
<jpda.listen>true</jpda.listen>
</properties>
</action>
</actions>
Is there a way to setup profiling with that <runfx.args> tag.
Here is pom.xml, I only changed the <target> & <source> to 1.8
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.upce</groupId>
<artifactId>FxClock</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>FxClock</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<mainClass>com.upce.fxclock.MainApp</mainClass>
</properties>
<organization>
<!-- Used as the 'Vendor' for JNLP generation -->
<name>Your Organisation</name>
</organization>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>unpack-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<excludeScope>system</excludeScope>
<excludeGroupIds>junit,org.mockito,org.hamcrest</excludeGroupIds>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>unpack-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${java.home}/../bin/javafxpackager</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>-createjar</argument>
<argument>-nocss2bin</argument>
<argument>-appclass</argument>
<argument>${mainClass}</argument>
<argument>-srcdir</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/classes</argument>
<argument>-outdir</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}</argument>
<argument>-outfile</argument>
<argument>${project.build.finalName}.jar</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>default-cli</id>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>${java.home}/bin/java</executable>
<commandlineArgs>${runfx.args}</commandlineArgs>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<compilerArguments>
<bootclasspath>${sun.boot.class.path}${path.separator}${java.home}/lib/jfxrt.jar</bootclasspath>
</compilerArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.16</version>
<configuration>
<additionalClasspathElements>
<additionalClasspathElement>${java.home}/lib/jfxrt.jar</additionalClasspathElement>
</additionalClasspathElements>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.gavaghan</groupId>
<artifactId>geodesy</artifactId>
<version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.jensd</groupId>
<artifactId>fontawesomefx</artifactId>
<version>8.9</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

Answer 1

Workaround: Use external profiling
In NetBeans:
Run project normaly
Profile -> Attach to external process
Press Attach
Select the running java process to profile
This might not work when you need to profile startup of the application