java interpreter

matt_w_lambert · 07-05-2003, 05:59 PM

I am trying to learn Java I downloaded sdk and when i use
java /filename
it tells me exeption in thred "main" Java.lang.NoClassdeffounderror

Can sombody help me out

inkedmn · 07-05-2003, 06:17 PM

check your classpath and make sure you're leaving the ".class" off of the file when you run it. so, if your file is Hello.class, you'd do:

Code:

java Hello

oh, and you can try this to see if your classpath is screwed up...
again, assuming your java class file is called Hello.class, run this:

Code:

java -cp . Hello

that's basically saying "including the current directory in my classpath when trying to run this"
if that works, then the problem is with your classpath.

oh, and any java class you run directly must have a method with the following signature:

Code:

public static void main(String[] args) { <your code here>}

if you don't have a method that looks like that, you may want to reread chapter one of your tutorial

devil_slayer · 07-07-2003, 06:02 AM

The hello world program in Java looks like this:

Code:

public class HelloWorld  //the name of the main class "must" be the same 
                                   //as the name of the file 
                                   //(eg. this file should be called HelloWorld.java)
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    System.out.println("Hello world!");
  }
}

Since Java is completley object-oriented "everything" must be in a class. That's why you have to have a main class that has the same nae as the file it is being compiled in.

To run this code you first have to do: javac HelloWorld.java
And then you'll get a file called HelloWorld.class, which you may run by writing: java HelloWorld (with no extension!)