java.lang. NoClass DefFound Error: org/xml/ sax/ ext/ Attributes2

[kermit tensmeyer]

java -cp  "/home/ibmkt/saxon/saxon9.jar:$CL/xercesImpl.jar:$CL:/xml-apis.jar"  \
    -Djavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=\
org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl \
    -Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=\
org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl  \
    -Dorg.apache.xerces. xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration=\
org.apache.xerces.parsers.XIncludeParserConfiguration \
 net.sf.saxon.Transform -xsl:tmplate.xsl -o :-o	 ut1.xml -xi :-o	 n     ktest.xml 

generates the
Exception in thread "main" java.lang. NoClass DefFound Error: org/xml/sax/ext/ Attributes2
at org.apache.xerces. parsers.AbstractSAXParser.<init>(Unknown Source)
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it's not a saxon issue The usual answers for this message indicate adding xml-apis.jar to the classpath; and the problem persists. Is there another define that is need to have java find the Attributes2Impl class in xml-apis.jar?

kermit tensmeyer