ClassNotFoundException Java Issue

Question

I wrote Test.java to test out a database connection.

I compiled using successfully using "javac Test.java."

But, I can't run my program using "java -cp ..."

>AssetMgmtDbTest me$ pwd
/Users/me/Workspace/tmp/AssetMgmtDbTest
>AssetMgmtDbTest me$ ls
Test.class  Test.java   classes12.jar   ojdbc6.jar
>AssetMgmtDbTest me$ java -cp ojdbc6.jar Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Test
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)

Please advise.

Thanks, Kevin

does the class Test belong to a specific package? Any package statement in Test.java? — pb2q
– pb2q, Commented Oct 5, 2012 at 15:05

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:51:21Z

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Add the current directory to your classpath:

>AssetMgmtDbTest me$ java -cp ojdbc6.jar:. Test

Note the additional :. (colon + dot) after the jar.

If you start using packages, things will get more complicated because the directory structure is important. Please refer to this answer for details.

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:51

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answered Oct 5, 2012 at 15:09

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simi sinhmar · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12 08:54:19Z

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java xxx.java : assumes all the required classes are in its classpath or part of standard java library.

If your class require any extra jar or class then you have to specify this in the classpath as java -classpath .:xxx.jar Class name

If the referred classes are part of any directory then java -classpath dir xxx

Additionally, If the class having main method is placed in some package then use java -classpath dir pkg.xxx

answered Aug 12, 2015 at 8:54

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