The .jar classic: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

[Zachary Anderson]

Difficulty being, it's not in any of the traditional places.

The first line of game.java is "package mycompany;"
I have created a jar containing all the classes of mycompany in "Game.version.jar".
The jar's manifest includes the line "Main-Class: mycompany.game", and is followed by two blank lines.
The jar includes game.class.

And yet,
java -jar Game.version.jar
causes
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: mycompany/game
Caused by: ... ClassNotFoundException and various Loaders.
Could not find the main class: mycompany.game. Program will exit.

What am I missing? I'm not sure whether it's an improperly-constructed .jar, a naming problem, a classpath problem, or something completely different.
I'll keep reading up on executable .jars, but if you have a thought in the meantime I'd love to read it.

[Joanne Neal]

Zachary Anderson wrote:The jar includes game.class.

And is it in a subdirectory called mycompany ? And is mycompany in the root of the jar file (i.e. no more directories above it) ?

[Ralph Cook]

Be aware, too, that case is significant in class names. You appear to be all right -- you say the class is game, and the error message is looking for game; I mention it partially because class names are traditionally camel-cased, and so this class would normally be spelled "Game". If it were, then the manifest would have to have the G in upper case as well.

As long as you're consistent across the board, this should still work, though you will find that other java libraries/packages/programmers will mostly use camel-case for classes.

rc

[Zachary Anderson]

Blast! J. Neal identified it correctly, I forgot about directory structure. I now have an executable .jar.
Thank you!

... now to hunt down the other bugs floating around...

[Campbell Ritchie]

Joanne knows what she is doing. It might have been better to thank her . . .

[Ralph Cook]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Joanne knows what she is doing. It might have been better to thank her . . .

Um - he/she DID thank her -- J Neal -- Joanne Neal

rc

[Campbell Ritchie]

Yes, he did. But I think the banging head rather spoiled it.

Let's leave that to lie.

[Zachary Anderson]

Ah, excuse me all to pieces; the headbanging was meant to indicate frustration at my own ignorance. I really am grateful for Ms. Neal's brains!

[Campbell Ritchie]

Apologies accepted