"ReferenceError: Can't find variable: google" when I try to use GeocodingService

[bmarsaud]

I'm trying to use GeocodingService in controller that's not displaying a map, so, that not implements MapComponentInitializedListener. I'm getting this error when I instantiate à new GeocodingService :

Caused by: netscape.javascript.JSException: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: google
    at javafx.web/com.sun.webkit.dom.JSObject.fwkMakeException(JSObject.java:157)
    at javafx.web/com.sun.webkit.WebPage.twkExecuteScript(Native Method)
    at javafx.web/com.sun.webkit.WebPage.executeScript(WebPage.java:1509)
    at javafx.web/javafx.scene.web.WebEngine.executeScript(WebEngine.java:973)
    at com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.JavaFxWebEngine.executeScript(JavaFxWebEngine.java:42)
    at com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.JavascriptRuntime.execute(JavascriptRuntime.java:63)
    at com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.JavascriptObject.<init>(JavascriptObject.java:76)
    at com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.JavascriptObject.<init>(JavascriptObject.java:50)
    at com.lynden.gmapsfx.service.geocoding.GeocodingService.<init>(GeocodingService.java:36)
    at fr.lip.bmarsaud.dcenvfootprint.controller.DataCenterSettingsController.initialize(DataCenterSettingsController.java:46)

I have another loaded scene, where the map is displayed and the geocoding is working fine here.

[ethanmdavidson]

What version of java are you using?

I'm having the same issue with jre 1.8.0_181 but it goes away when I use jre 1.8.0_77, so I'm guessing something broke/changed in a recent version of java. Haven't narrowed it down beyond that yet.

[ethanmdavidson]

Okay, so for some reason it is unable to load the google's script loader which loads the maps api. The workaround is simply to load the maps api directly by modifying src/main/resources/com/lynden/gmapsfx/html/maps.html as follows:

<!--<script src="http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js"></script>-->
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp"></script>
<!--<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>-->
<script language='javascript'>

    function loadMapLibrary(ver, key, lang, region) {
        //alert('loadMapLibrary');
        var opts = [];
        if (key !== 'null') {
            opts[opts.length] = 'key='+key;
        }
        if (lang !== 'null') {
            opts[opts.length] = 'language='+lang;
        }
        if (region !== 'null') {
            opts[opts.length] = 'region='+region;
        }
        var sOpts = opts.join('&');

        if (ver === 'null') {
            ver = '3.exp';
        }

        //google.load('maps', ver, { 'other_params' : sOpts, 'callback': 'initMap()' });
        initMap();
    }

This is making me reconsider my initial guess that it was the java updates, because other people have also reported issues with google's script loader. However, when I open the url (https://www.google.com/jsapi) in my browser, it loads quickly enough. Perhaps it's a java security thing, where it won't load the external script?