I got it working. I had to create the fruitpackage subdirectory of foodpackage, and then move all the files into that directory. I then had to run the class using the classpath command.
Thanks for all of your help. On Oct 14, 4:28 am, "* ^ *" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 14, 12:12 pm, Anne Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am having a strange error message and cannot figure out where the > > problem is: > > > I have 2 classes located in the directory:\myjavaprograms\foodpackage\ > > both classes compile successfully. > > > When I try to run FoodMain.java - i get the error message below: > > > C:\myjavaprograms\foodpackage>java FoodMain > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: FoodMain > > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: FoodMain > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) > > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java: > > 301) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java: > > 320) > > Could not find the main class: FoodMain. Program will exit. > > Looks like runtime cannot find foodMain. Can solve this by running > from parent directory. Like: > c:\myjavaprograms>java foodpackage/FoodMain > > > > > > > C:\myjavaprograms\foodpackage>dir > > Volume in drive C is HP > > Volume Serial Number is 5EDE-1E15 > > > Directory of C:\myjavaprograms\foodpackage > > > 10/13/2009 11:43 PM <DIR> . > > 10/13/2009 11:43 PM <DIR> .. > > 10/13/2009 11:50 PM 423 Food.class > > 10/13/2009 11:50 PM 237 Food.java > > 10/13/2009 11:50 PM 743 FoodMain.class > > 10/13/2009 11:48 PM 294 FoodMain.java > > 4 File(s) 1,697 bytes > > 2 Dir(s) 197,894,410,240 bytes free > > > C:\myjavaprograms\foodpackage> > > > Food. Java: > > package foodpackage.fruitpackage; > > > public class Food { > > private String foodType; > > > // methods > > > public void setFoodType(String temp){ > > foodType = temp; > > > } > > > public String getFoodType(){ > > return foodType; > > > } > > } > > > FoodMain: > > > package foodpackage.fruitpackage; > > > public class FoodMain{ > > > public static void main(String[] args){ > > > Food apple = new Food(); > > > apple.setFoodType("fruit"); > > > System.out.println(" The food entered is: "+apple.getFoodType()); > > > } > > } --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
