In your GWT console double click the individual errors and you should
get a more detailed stack trace. It likely is something wrong with
your code rather then a missing import/resource. I've gotten a similar
error in the past and it's not overly intuitive.

On Jun 20, 1:59 pm, Nathan Klatt <n8kl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've inherited a GWT project and I'm receiving the following compiler error
> (more info below):
>
> [java] [ERROR] Line 51: No source code is available for type
> java.lang.NoSuchFieldError; did you forget to inherit a required module?
>
> It's complaining about a core part of the language here, right? Why is it
> looking for source code for it at all? Is it not finding one of the core jar
> files? Do I need to point it at something in the ant build.xml file?
>
> For testing purposes, I followed all the GWT 
> instructions<http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/gettingstarted.html>,
> used webAppCreator to generate a "Hello, world." app, and that builds and
> runs just fine. I added a simple try...catch(NoSuchFieldError err) - and an
> import java.lang.NoSuchFieldError line - and it gave me the error.
>
> I'm new to this Java/GWT stuff so I suspect I'm missing something obvious -
> I'd love it if you could point out exactly what! :)
>
> Thanks.
>
> =====
>
> $ ant build
> Buildfile: build.xml
>
> libs:
>
> javac:
>     [javac] Compiling 1 source file to
> /home/nklatt/gwt-2.3.0/MyWebApp/war/WEB-INF/classes
>
> gwtc:
>      [java] Compiling module com.mycompany.mywebapp.MyWebApp
>      [java]    Validating newly compiled units
>      [java]       [ERROR] Errors in
> 'file:/home/nklatt/gwt-2.3.0/MyWebApp/src/com/mycompany/mywebapp/client/MyW 
> ebApp.java'
>      [java]          [ERROR] Line 51: No source code is available for type
> java.lang.NoSuchFieldError; did you forget to inherit a required module?
>      [java]    Finding entry point classes
>      [java]       [ERROR] Unable to find type
> 'com.mycompany.mywebapp.client.MyWebApp'
>      [java]          [ERROR] Hint: Previous compiler errors may have made
> this type unavailable
>      [java]          [ERROR] Hint: Check the inheritance chain from your
> module; it may not be inheriting a required module or a module may not be
> adding its source path entries properly
>
> BUILD FAILED

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