DaysOld and classpath

[Dirk Schreckmann]

OK, I can compile fine using the provided zip file and javac and classpath settings. I can't seem to convince java.exe to behave similarly.
Any advice?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

The error I get is the old NoClassDefFoundError

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Also known as GoJumpInALakeError

[Dirk Schreckmann]

OK, I know what I did wrong.
The classpath setting for javac doesn't need to include the location of the class that I'm about to create. So, not specifying the current working directory (the one where the class file I'm creating will be) is no problem. java does need to know the location of all class files I want to use - including the location of the class I am executing (which for some asinine reason it can't find all by itself if it's in the current working directory). The solution then becomes:
java -classpath ".;.\whatever" SomeClass [someArguement(s)]

[Dirk Schreckmann]

I'll leave this monologue for future perusers (me in a month).

[David O'Meara]

Originally posted by Dirk Schreckmann:
The error I get is the old NoClassDefFoundError

Yeah, it's the one I call java.lang.Nope

[Michael Matola]

Yep, one of the best tricks I learned is
java -classpath . SomeClass
My machine at work is locked down and I can't change the path or classpath, so I wind up having all sorts of path and classpath adventures when I get the urge to do some Java on the sly. (My work doesn't involve Java programming, as you could probably guess.)

[Matthew Phillips]

Originally posted by Michael Matola:
Yep, one of the best tricks I learned is
java -classpath . SomeClass
My machine at work is locked down and I can't change the path or classpath, so I wind up having all sorts of path and classpath adventures when I get the urge to do some Java on the sly. (My work doesn't involve Java programming, as you could probably guess.)

Thomas Paul introduced me to an even better trick . . . Ant.

[Peter Gragert]

Someone not knowing about what Ant means:
A sort of makefile using XML (extended markup language) and Java.
Ant is available from jakarta.apache.org
Worthwhile!

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Thomas Paul also wrote about ant in the JavaRanch Newsletter in March.