How to run a class outside JDeveloper IDE

[Bob Fike]

I have created a Java Class called pi_hourly_volumes and placed it in a package called noble_pi_projects. I did this in JDeveloper IDE. It runs fine within JDeveloper but when I try to execute the class from a command window on Windows I get:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: noble_pi_projects\pi_hourly_volumes
Could not find the main class: noble_pi_projects\pi_hourly_volumes

I did the following from a command prompt window to get this error:

cd\noble_pi_projects
java noble_pi_projects\pi_hourly_volumes

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[Jeff Verdegan]

If the class is not in a package, and the .class file is C:\x\y\Foo.class, then you execute

java -cp C:\x\y Foo

If the class in in a package, say, com.bar, and the .class file is C:\x\y\com\bar\Foo.class, then

java -cp C:\x\y com.bar.Foo

Note how the root of the package is inside a classpath directory.

There should be enough there for you to google for more details and examples.