runtime error

[Chris Mosser]

K... I'm a java beginner and I took a few months off and now I seem to be
having a brain fart or something. The following is a simple class I created
because I was having trouble running a chat server class that was written
for school. I get the same error on both class when I try to run them.
Here is the error:

C:\>javac Test.java

C:\>java Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test

C:\>
public class Test
{
public Test()
{
System.out.println("Test instantiated");
}
public void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("hello");
//new Test();
}
}

I verified that the .class and .java files were present and in the correct
location .... C:\

so can anyone point out the small something that I am missing
here?????????????????????
--
Chris Mosser

[Don Shek]

Try this!

public class Test
{
public static void Test()
{
System.out.println("Test instantiated");
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("hello");
Test();
}
}
"Chris Mosser" <cm*****@comcast.net> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D
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K... I'm a java beginner and I took a few months off and now I seem to be
having a brain fart or something. The following is a simple class I created because I was having trouble running a chat server class that was written
for school. I get the same error on both class when I try to run them.
Here is the error:

C:\>javac Test.java

C:\>java Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test

C:\>
public class Test
{
public Test()
{
System.out.println("Test instantiated");
}
public void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("hello");
//new Test();
}
}

I verified that the .class and .java files were present and in the correct
location .... C:\

so can anyone point out the small something that I am missing
here?????????????????????
--
Chris Mosser

[Ryan Stewart]

"Don Shek" <do*****@donshek.com> wrote in message
news:bj*********@imsp212.netvigator.com...

Try this!

public class Test
{
public static void Test()
{
System.out.println("Test instantiated");
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("hello");
Test();
}
}

That's not exactly what he's trying to do, and when this program prints
"Test instantiated", it hasn't actually been instantiated. Chris, your
problem may be the classpath. It's the environment variable that tells java
where to look for classes. Try this:

java -classpath . Test

If that works, you just need to set your classpath variable to whatever
directory you will be working in.

[Chris Mosser]

"Ryan Stewart" <za****@no.texas.spam.net> wrote in message
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"Don Shek" <do*****@donshek.com> wrote in message
news:bj*********@imsp212.netvigator.com...

Try this!

public class Test
{
public static void Test()
{
System.out.println("Test instantiated");
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("hello");
Test();
}
}
That's not exactly what he's trying to do, and when this program prints
"Test instantiated", it hasn't actually been instantiated. Chris, your
problem may be the classpath. It's the environment variable that tells

java where to look for classes. Try this:

java -classpath . Test

If that works, you just need to set your classpath variable to whatever
directory you will be working in.

still nothing....actually, I got a new error:

C:\>java -classpath . Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

just occurred to me that the last time I ran a console program was before I
installed the JBuilder enterprise demo. I recently uninstalled it...could
this have changed some global something or other.. or should I just
reinstall the JDK, because I used to have no problem running a console
program like this.. I never even had to use the -classpath(-cp actually)
unless I was running from a jar.

anymore idea's to try before I reinstall?????????

thnx
chris

[Ryan Stewart]

"Chris Mosser" <cm*****@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<Zx********************@comcast.com>...

still nothing....actually, I got a new error:

C:\>java -classpath . Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

just occurred to me that the last time I ran a console program was before I
installed the JBuilder enterprise demo. I recently uninstalled it...could
this have changed some global something or other.. or should I just
reinstall the JDK, because I used to have no problem running a console
program like this.. I never even had to use the -classpath(-cp actually)
unless I was running from a jar.

anymore idea's to try before I reinstall?????????

thnx
chris

Ack, sorry I missed it the first time. You have to have a "static" in
your main method declaration, like so:

public static void main(String[] args) {

}

[Chris Mosser]

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"Chris Mosser" <cm*****@comcast.net> wrote in message

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still nothing....actually, I got a new error:

C:\>java -classpath . Test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

just occurred to me that the last time I ran a console program was before I installed the JBuilder enterprise demo. I recently uninstalled it...could this have changed some global something or other.. or should I just
reinstall the JDK, because I used to have no problem running a console
program like this.. I never even had to use the -classpath(-cp actually)
unless I was running from a jar.

anymore idea's to try before I reinstall?????????

thnx
chris

Ack, sorry I missed it the first time. You have to have a "static" in
your main method declaration, like so:

public static void main(String[] args) {

}

hmm..odd. I added the static part as you suggested...and it worked. So I
went back and looked at my original chat server class and it already had
static in the main function. I was playing around with my environment
variables...(path, classpath...etc) and I actually think that that did it,
... but it is good to know that static is required on the "main" function

thnx

Chris

[Ryan Stewart]

"Chris Mosser" <cm*****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Jd********************@comcast.com...

hmm..odd. I added the static part as you suggested...and it worked. So I
went back and looked at my original chat server class and it already had
static in the main function. I was playing around with my environment
variables...(path, classpath...etc) and I actually think that that did it,
.. but it is good to know that static is required on the "main" function

thnx

Chris

Well, think about it. Non-static classes can't be accessed without first
creating an instance of the class. Therefore if your main class isn't
static, it is inaccessible.

[Chris Mosser]

"Ryan Stewart" <za****@no.texas.spam.net> wrote in message
news:an********************@texas.net...

"Chris Mosser" <cm*****@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Jd********************@comcast.com...

hmm..odd. I added the static part as you suggested...and it worked. So I went back and looked at my original chat server class and it already had
static in the main function. I was playing around with my environment
variables...(path, classpath...etc) and I actually think that that did it, .. but it is good to know that static is required on the "main" function

thnx

Chris

Well, think about it. Non-static classes can't be accessed without first
creating an instance of the class. Therefore if your main class isn't
static, it is inaccessible.

makes sense..thnx
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Chris Mosser