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org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: The class file is not on the classpath

from the beginning, while trying to deploy a war under Jetty, I have an error, and in order to understand from where the error is comming, I would like to put a breakpoint in a class (SimpleCDI) located in a dependency (a jar which is downloaded by MAVEN). I work under MAC and when I hit Command + Shift + T and look up "SimpleCDI" class, it points that the class is within org.jboss.weld package
Here is a printscreen of my research
And when I click on the "C SimpleCDI org.jboss.weld" line, it returns an error message
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: The class file is not on the classpath
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.ClassFileEditor.doSetInput(ClassFileEditor.java:694)
at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor$5.run(AbstractTextEditor.java:3154)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:437)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow$14.run(WorkbenchWindow.java:2195)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.run(WorkbenchWindow.java:2191)
at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.internalInit(AbstractTextEditor.java:3172)
I checked that I have the right dependency (weld-servlet-2.4.5.Final.jar) with
SimpleCDI" in it.
I noticed that the eclipse icon of my dependency "weld-servlet-2.4.5.Final.jar" is the following
It is a jar file without attached source. Actually, I can see this dependency in Eclipse in one of my module "Tourism-Services" (I have a Maven multi module project) in the "Referenced Librairies" folder with the icon mentioned above, but the Maven dependency that import this jar is located in another module "Tourism-Core" which is imported itself in "Tourism-Services" module. I notice in passing that I cannot see "weld-servlet-2.4.5.Final.jar" in "Referenced Librairies" folder of "Tourism-Core" module (why ?)
My main question is : why cannot I edit "SimpleCDI" class and put a breakpoint in order to debug upstream

I've also been using the CodeMix plugin, have you tried to remove the Open Type binding from the CodeMix preferences? Preferences -> Codemix -> Bindings. From there uncheck the "Open Types on COMMAND+SHIFT+T" and do apply and close. This will get you to use the regular Open Java Type from Eclipse.
Cheers

a plugin was causing the error. It is CodeMix plugin
I tried to uninstall it : help->Eclipse Marketplace->Installed
I obtain the following screen
I chose uninstall in the dropDown
But it doesn't work.
I have found a workaround : https://www.genuitec.com/forums/topic/uninstall-codemix/
But it is temporary. I tried to find CodeMix in Eclipse plugin folder (I work under MAC), but there is nothing. Do you see another way ?

Netbeans - Error: Could not find or load main class

So I'm making a java application in Neatbeans 7.4, been working at it for a while, everything was fine, running the project worked fine, but now when I hit run project, I get the error
Error: Could not find or load main class phleveledit.MainWindow
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
I can't think of what I did right before this started happening, so I don't know what I should change.. The code doesn't appear to have any errors. Here's a screenshot of the IDE+project folder
Image (http://puu.sh/5ldYB) :
Any ideas?
Edit: Unfortunately I happened to fix this problem by removing some code, which probably had some errors Netbeans couldn't detect, but I don't know what was exactly wrong so can't vote on a correct answer.

Right click on your Project in the project explorer
Click on properties
Click on Run
Make sure your Main Class is the one you want to be the entry point. (Make sure to use the fully qualified name i.e. mypackage.MyClass)
Click OK.
Clean an build your project
Run Project :)
If you just want to run the file, right click on the class from the package explorer, and click Run File, or (Alt + R, F), or (Shift + F6)

Just close the Netbeans. Go to C:\Users\YOUR_PC_NAME\AppData\Local\Netbeans and delete the Cache folder. The open the Netbeans again and run the project.
It works like magic for me.
(AppData folder might be hidden probably, if so, you need to make it appear in Folder Options).

You can :
RightClick on project node and go to Set configuration
Select the main class for your application.
Then clean and build.
Even if the above steps don't work for you then then delete the Netbeans cache by deleting the (index) folder
User\.netbeans\SOME_NUMBER_reflecting_your_version\var\cache\index\

Sometimes due to out of memory space error, NetBeans does not load or find main class.
If you have tried setting the properties and still it is not working then try
Select the project from the project explorer
Click on Run in the Menu Bar
Click on Compile
It worked for me.

This condition happens to me every 6-months or so. I think it happens when closing NetBeans under very low memory conditions. I discovered that it could be easily corrected by (1) Rename your project, including its folder name using right-click on project explorer's project name---I put a simple suffix on the original name ("_damaged"). (2) Try BUILD. If that is successful, which it is for me, give three cheers. (3) Repeat step (1) to restore the original project name. BUILD and RUN should start without trouble.
I guess that the 'rename the project and folder' process causes a special rediscovery of the applications main location.

Try to rename the package name and the class/jframe names... The clean and build the application.
Right Click on the package name
Go to Refactor
Select Rename
Give it a meaningful name, preferably all in small letters
Click on Refactor
Do the same for the class/jframe names.
Last Select Run from Menu
7.Select Clean and build main project
That should do it!!! All best

I had the same issue once. The problem was not in the code. The cause was... renaming the project folder to some other non supporting name. My project name was "MobStick" and I renamed it to "MobStick - May 26, 2014 04:00PM". Renaming it back to normal solved my problem.

I have run into this error a couple of times as well and for me the above solutions did not work. What does seem to work is going to the Project Properties, and under Compiling toggling Compile on Save.

Using NetBeans 8.1, I got the dread
Error: Could not find or load main class
from carelessly leaving an empty line in the Project Properties > Run > VM Options field. Until you click in the field, you may not see the caret flashing out of place. Remove the empty line to restore equanimity.

I just ran into this problem. I was running my source from the command line and kept getting the same error. It turns out that I needed to remove the package name from my source code and then the command line compiler was happy.
The solutions above didn't work for me so maybe this will work for someone else with a similar problem.

I had the same problem, I had the package and class named the same. I renamed the class, then clean and build. Then I set the main class in the "run" under the properties of the project. I works now.

I found the following steps useful:
Right-click on the project in the left toolbar.
Hover over the 'Set Configuration' item.
Click on 'Customize...'
Click on 'Browse...' by the 'Main Class:' item.
Select the correct class.
Click 'Select Main Class'.
Click 'OK'.
My problem was that, apparently, my package name was being listed twice. Selecting the class using the dialog changed 'aclass.MainClass' to just 'MainClass'.
Hope this helps,
-HewwoCraziness
Edit: This is expanding on Mary Martinez's answer.

You can solve it in these steps
Right-click on the project in the left toolbar.
Click on properties.
Click on Run
Click the browse button on the right side.(select your main class)
Click ok

Possible Fixes:
Fix 1
Go to project properties (right click on the folder of your project in netbeans)
On left tab where it shows the categories, click on the "Run" selection
Then click on Browse to find the Main class you use on your project
Fix 2
Go to C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Netbeans
delete the Cache folder.
Rebuild and Run
Fix 3
Download most recent version of Netbeans
Fix 4
Download most recent version of JDK and configure Netbeans to use that

I had the same problem for 3,4 days. On my PC my Jar file snapshot would give me this error while on my laptop it would work fine, I tried all the tricks shown above and on other forums like deleting cache, selecting main project file, etc, but somehow I was sure the reason it cannot find the main class when I would execute the JAR file was may be due to classpath issue in maven configuration, and I was right and I fixed it using following steps:
Right-click on the project, and go to the properties
Inside the properties go to Actions
On the right side in Actions select "Run Project" and you will see properties below
Inside "Set Properties" make sure exec.args=classpath %classpath "package_name"
In my case, the package name was accompanied by the main class. So my main class was Login while the package name was com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1, When I checked the entry was
com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1.Login
All I did was remove ".Login" from com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1 and it was fixed, no more errors.

close netbeans.
open netbeans again.
choose new project>>java application.
click next.
deselect create main class.
now make the application
clean build run
For more reference watch this video

try this it work out for me perfectly
go to project and right click on your java file at the right corner,
go to properties,
go to run,
go to browse, and then
select Main class.
now you can run your program again.

I had the same problem and I moved the project to a location where the path had no none-english letter and that fixed the problem

if you are on window os, then try to start NetBeans via administrative mode. right click on NetBeans icon and "Run as Administrative".

If none of the above works (Setting Main class, Clean and Build, deleting the cache) and you have a Maven project, try:
mvn clean install
on the command line.

Had the same problem here. Usually Clean and Build solves much of the problem. It happened to be caused by a wrongly installed plugin.

I faced the similar issue with Netbeans 10 and JDK 1.8.
I was not able to choose the right class to launch the project
When I compile or run the project, it shows me the Class name as "initializing view, please wait ...", I could not select the class name.
The issue was resolved with the NetBeans11.3, I am able to choose the correct Class file without any other changes, and the project is launched without any issues.

I had the same issue but none of this thread's solutions worked for me. Finally, it was OneDrive that caused the issue (for once more). So, I simply moved the NetBeansProjects folder from Documents which is synced with OneDrive, to C:\Users\yourName\AppData\Local\NetBeans (selected this path as there is already a NetBeans folder) and that was it, case closed.
If you also have NetBeansProjects to a OneDrive syncing folder it is worth trying this solution, just be sure that the path you will select is not synced with OneDrive. Also, remember to close Netbeans before making the folder change and after you move the folder to the new path you need just to open Netbeans again, go to file menu/open project and select your project from the new path.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.ads.AdView

I am attempting to incorporate admob ads in my app. So far I have added the following code
in the onCreate method of my app's main activity...
adView = new AdView(this,AdSize.BANNER,"my code number");
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
The program compiles without error but at run time I get the message java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.ads.AdView. I have seen a supposed explanation of the problem and the cure here but I could not see how it was applicable to my project because I do not have either a "lib" or "libs" directory within my project.
According to eclipse's SDK manager, I have the most up to date version of everything that I use.

I had a similar problem, but did not have to add the libs folder; I tried, with no success, then removed them afterwards, when I realized that I had just forgotten to export the included Jar archived.
Fix:
Select project settings > Java Build Path, then Order and export.
Here, check the GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-package.
This should solve the NoClassDefFoundError-issue.

Just create manually the "libs" folder, and add your libraries there. By default, they doesn't exist

Project-> Clean
Project settings -> Java Build Path. Open "Order and export" tab.
Check GoogleAdMobsAdsSDK.
It is worked for me.

Was getting this error updating from android 16 to 20.
Solved by going to Java Build Path, Order and Export tab, checked and moved GoogleAdMobAdsSdk just under my source. For some reason that fixed it.
Changing the order back didn't break it. So some setting must have needed to be initialized.

I had this problem, and this problem too:
Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/ads/AdRequest$ErrorCode and Multiple dex files define Lcom/google/ads/AdRequest$ErrorCode
Despite many hours of following all solutions listed the only way I could get my app to work was to use the AdMob banner example here:
https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-ios-examples/tree/master/admob/SmartBannerExample
And re-build my project around it, copying my files in to that project. If you are stuck, try it.
Don't know why it worked, but now it does. Something in my project was very wrong. Now I can carry on with my work. I love Google/Android, but really what a mess!

See this answer Android update 17 seems incompatible with external Jars.
You need to put all jars in libs folder insted of lib.

It's not enough only to add "GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.4.1.jar" in Java Build Path,then you should switch to table:Order and export.check the "GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.4.1.jar" here.

UPDATE:
Select project settings > Java Build Path, then Order and export.
Here, check the google-play-services.jar.
This should solve the NoClassDefFoundError-issue.

In my case I needed to click on the "Android Private Libraries" on the "Order and Export" Tab

Go to Properties - Java Build Path - Order and Export and check every Checkmark! That did the trick for my project.

Eclipse can't find / load main class

My Eclipse (Indigo) was running just fine. I created a simple class Hello. It is placed in package cont in the folder ch13. However, when I try to run it from Eclipse I get info from Java Virtual Machine Launcher:
Could not find the main class: cont.Hello.
I tried to run other classes from this package and they run just fine (that is the classes that existed there before). However any new class I create in this package has these problems. Actually any new class I create in Eclipse runs into this problems. I decided to check how it works from the command line. It seems that the problem still exist - I get same error. I checked the path and it is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin, which is correct (note the other classes are running from Eclipse just fine). I tried to run with java -cp . Hello and there are some Errors produced starting with java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Hello (wrong name: cont/Hello). Code itself is simple:
package cont;
public class Hello {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}
How can I fix it so that my classes still run under Eclipse?

.metadata is corrupted.
Steps:
Warning: Deleting .metadata will delete all your Eclipse configurations, plugins, project setups. Make a backup before you attempt this!
Stop eclipse, delete .metadata in workspace and restart eclipse
Import Project
Run again

Removing the Run Configuration
Sometimes I have a similar problems in some pre-release versions of eclipse. For fix the error, I delete the Run Configuration. You can find that in menu Run, Run Configurations...
Then I launch the app with Alt+Shift+X, then J. If this don't work, Ctrl+F11.
Deleting the .metadata directory
In another way, the configuration settings for your current workspace may are corrupted. Those settings are in the .metadata directory in your current workspace 1. In that case, there is no other choice than delete the directory:
Close eclipse.
Delete the .metadata directory.
Start eclipse.
Import the projects.
Run the project again.
Notes
You will see that directory with File > Switch Workspace > Other...

I have solved the issue following way:
Go to Run Configuration (Right Click on Java File->Run->Run Configuration).
Go to ClassPath Tab:
Click on Advanced -> Add Folders -> Add bin directory (which has class file in it for Java source code)
Re run the code, now it will solve the issue. It worked for me

Note: This worked in the past and I received many up votes. Perhaps this is not a solution anymore - but it once was - as the eclipse version was indicated.
Problem
This can also be caused by a Java Build Path Problem.
In my case, I had a an error:
A cycle was detected in the build path of project {project}. The cycle consists of projects {x, y, z}.
This can occur when you include other projects in the build path of the project you wish to run. In fact, all the projects will fail to run with the error
Could not find the main class: Example.class
Solution
Open
Windows -> Preferences -> Java-> Compiler -> Building -> Build Path Problems
Uncheck the Abort build when build path errors occur toggle
This seems like a can of worms if you end up with other build path errors I image. So use with caution.
Note: This only works if you have a "cycle error". This error message can be found in the "Markers" tab
I found the solution to this here
Info
Java 1.8.0_152
Eclipse Photon (June 2018)

Renaming the main class should be enough (and easiest):
- Go to your class and set cursor to your class name;
- ALT + Shift + R and rename the class (build if not done automatically);
- You should be able to run it now;
- Rename the class to the old name if you want;

You must have main function in your class. Like
public class MyDataBase {
public static void main(String args[]) {
}
}

I had this same problem in a Maven project. After creating the src/test/java folder within the project the error went away.

Another tip: I initialized static fields in a wrong order - surprisingly it didn't bring up a Problem (NullPointerException?), instead Eclipse complained with exactly the message OP posted. Correcting the static initialization order made the class run-able. Example:
private static ScriptEngineManager factory = null;
private static ScriptEngine engine = null;
static {
engine = factory.getEngineByName("JavaScript");
// factory is supposed to initialize FIRST
factory = new ScriptEngineManager();
}

I found the way to fix this problem was to rename the project. If you give it a name with strange characters (in my case, :), it will have trouble locating your class. I don't know if this rule applies to numbers, but try renaming the project or making a new one and copying the files. Name it without any numbers or special characters.

I solved this error by closing the project, removing it from eclipse and then importing it again.
Might be a little simpler than to redo the whole workspace setup.

I had this issue after upgrading to the Eclipse 2019-12 release. Somehow the command line to launch the JVM got too long and I had to enable the jar-classpath option in the run configuration (right click on file -> run as -> run configs).

I read so many blogs and tried so many tricks but my problem not resolved. I was able to run the code but not able to generate the jar file. :( Sad..
But I tried something which might be very silly but worked for me and bought eclipse on trace. What I did was..
Just deleted the main method from the class. Saved it. Did undo to bring the main class back. Tada... Issue resolved...
Just one think would like to say, keep your eclipse in "Build Autometically" mode.

Move your file into a subdirectory called cont

Standard troubleshooting steps for Eclipse should include deleting and re-importing the project at some point, which when I have dealt with this error has worked.

I solved my issue by doing this:
cut the entire main (CTRL X) out of the class (just for a few seconds),
save the class file (CTRL S)
paste the main back exactly at the same place (CTRL V)
Strangely it started working again after that.

It is possible to have 2 groovy-xxx-all.jar files by excample in lib directory. which makes that an app is not running

I had the same problem, this is my solution:
I manually deleted the bin folder of the project
Then I refreshed the project which recompiled the whole project and created a new bin with all .class files
I did it because when I performed Clean(project->clean) my .class files were not getting deleted. the above solution works for me hope its useful to others.

I had the same problem.I solved with following command maven:
mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0
PS: My project is WTP plugin

If you are using a pre-defined run configuration, go to classpath and try "Restore Default Entries". This will reconfigure the classpath for that configuration.

This worked for me finally :
RUN -> RUN CONFIGURATIONS -> DELETE THE RUN CONFIGURATION
CLOSE ECLIPSE
REOPEN ECLIPSE
CREATE RUN CONFIGURATION AGAIN.
Tadaaaa !! It works

Eclipse ClassNotFoundException

Everything works fined, but suddenly eclipse stopped execute and junit tests or even main method, when i run them using run as - > Java application, run as -> junit test
It simply throws error
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: package.ClassName
whene ClassName - is class from where i trying to run method main.
It affect only one of my projects ... Different workspaces works fine, other project in same workspace works fine as well.
I'm sure if i recreate current project, error will gone. But the adjustments of this project in eclipse is really hard, so i want to avoid it.
Any clue?

The ClassName is not in the Class Path, if you start from console you should use -cp parameter , if from eclipse, please add ClassName to the sources of current(start) project.

Thanks to adarshr, I was able to look at the Problems window and determine that the build was failing because it could not find a class I had written.
I had used the MS TFS plugin to create a "shelveset" and it was supposed to have removed my pending changes in the process. However, this integration with the TFS snapin and Eclipse is obviously not well implemented, since the Eclipse project still thought the file existed and was complaining that it could not be compiled.
I went and manually deleted those "files" or "non-existing files" from the Eclipse project (that I thought I had removed with the shelveset action) and the problem was solved.
Also....
Another annoying things is that the Tomcat error I was getting by trying to debug within Eclipse was like this:
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
com.CompanyName.ProjectName.servlet.StartupConfigListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.CompanyName.ProjectName.servlet.StartupConfigListener at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1643)
In reality, there was no problem at all with StartupConfigListener.java!! The build failed due to the OTHER problems I mentioned above, and therefore I guess this was the first class it attempted to load and failed.... because the entire project hadn't been able to compile perhaps?
(Here's to hoping my next project is using Visual Studio instead of Eclipse!)

Ok, I finally figured it out. The problem was with installed JRE in eclipse setting. I was playing around with this setting and changed installed JRE to JDK, and for some reason it broke the eclipse project.

You can also try going back to the basics. Check your command line and VM args. I've had this situation where a VM arg I was passing in was a path to a file that had a space in the path, and I had forgotten to include the full path in quotes. So e.g., if my arg looked something like
-DFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\myfile
...I'd get a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError caused by a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException.