Running a Java File from PHP - java

I found a couple other questions with my problem, but the solutions did not work. I have a web page on my local server that you can input text for a whole java class. When submit is clicked I want the output to be displayed. Using shell_exec I can compile the java file. I get nothing when I try to run it, though.
shell_exec("javac /folder/Test.java"); // works
echo shell_exec("/usr/bin/java folder.Test"); // nothing is returned
I decided to use the full path to java when I read that it solved the problem for someone else. When I run:
/usr/bin/java folder.Test
from the command line it works.
The Test.java file looks like this:
package folder;
public class Test{
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("testing");
}
}
EDIT: I could not get w0rldart's to work. I can actually see something when I try Mathieu's. I tried adding the -classpath option (I am not sure if I am using it correctly)
echo shell_exec("java -classpath ./folder/ Test 2>&1");
I get the same error as without -classpath:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test Caused by:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Test at
java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217) at
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at
java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205) at
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321) at
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294) at
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266) Could not find the main class:
Test. Program will exit.
IT WORKS:
Just had to remove the period from
echo shell_exec("java -classpath ./folder/ Test 2>&1"); //error
echo shell_exec("java -classpath /folder/ Test 2>&1"); //works

I'm very uncertain this will make a difference. But just to be sure, have you tried adding 2>&1 after your command?
echo shell_exec("/usr/bin/java folder.Test 2>&1");
I don't think system.out.println is using stderr to display its output, but it might be worth trying anyway...

If you want to use Test class from folder package then Test.class needs to be saved in a folder named folder. Then you need to have folder's parent directory on the CLASSPATH.
So if your configuration is the following: /rootdir/foo/folder/Test.class then you can start Test like this: java -classpath /rootdir/foo folder.Test.
I think this behavior is the same if you use java from php's shell_exec.

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError - Coursera Princeton Algorithm Course

I can see that this question has been asked before, but I have not found previous answers useful - specifically my issue is following Princeton University's 'Algorithms' course on Coursera here and using their algs4.jar file to access ostensibly necessary utilities. I have never used Java before but this seemed like such a good course, I'm trying to muddle through rather than switching to a 'worse' course in a language I know. I have also found a thread specifically on this issue here and a Reddit question here, which were equally as useless as the other questions which had this problem, but not with the Princeton's algs4.jar file.
This is my code, I haven't bothered to finish it but it should run. Before anybody asks, I've commented out everything except the first if (StdIn.isEmpty()) check and it still gives me all the same compiler/interpreter errors, so this is nothing to do with it being half-finished - StdIn.isEmpty() and StdIn.readString() are supposed to be provided by algs4.jar:
import edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdIn;
import edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdOut;
import edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdRandom;
class RandomWord
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
if (StdIn.isEmpty())
{
System.out.println("Nothing to read.");
return;
}
String curr_selected_word;
double curr_probability = 0.0;
int i = 0;
while (!StdIn.isEmpty())
{
String current_string = StdIn.readString();
System.out.println("> " + current_string);
}
}
}
Following the advice of previous threads, I compile like this:
javac -cp "./algs4.jar" RandomWord.java
Which works fine. Running java RandomWord, I get this large messy error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: edu/princeton/cs/algs4/StdIn
at RandomWord.main(RandomWord.java:13)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: edu.princeton.cs.algs4.StdIn
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
... 1 more
The accepted answer on the other question was to reference the .jar file explicitly, like this:
java -cp "C:\Coursera\Algorithms\Part 1\Java Solutions\HelloWorld;C:\Coursera\Algorithms\Part 1\Java Solutions\algs4.jar" RandomWord
Which gives me the exact same error. There is also a comment on the Reddit thread that uses the -classpath instead of -cp flag, which at least gives a different but stranger error:
>java -classpath ./algs4.jar RandomWord
Error: Could not find or load main class RandomWord
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: RandomWord
Putting quotes around the .jar filepath, or providing the absolute filepath, all produce the same error.
I Googled this and predictably it is caused by not having a main entry-point, but... see code above?
Lastly, the installer for the Coursera course apparently installs some Bash commands (see here) called javac-algs4 and java-algs4 which is supposed to sort out all this classpath nonsense for me. So I crack open Bash, and:
>javac-algs4 RandomWord.java
'javac-algs4' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I have restarted since running the installer. I would add these to my PATH manually, but I don't even know where they are; the C:\Program Files\LIFT-CS folder that their installer installs into only contains a pissing uninstaller. So I'm absolutely losing my rag and at my wits' end after spending over 7 hours just trying to start this course, not even getting stuck on the problems or the content. When will content creators learn we don't want your in-house IDE with no dark mode and libraries that do nothing but rename every function to camel-case?
Anyway, if anyone has encountered this or knows what I could do to fix it, help would be appreciated.
You can try this -
javac -cp .;<insert class path> RandomWord
I was facing the exact same issue, I ran javac -cp .;.lift/algs4.jar RandomWord and it works. (My compiled class was in the same directory as .lift)
This worked for me on a Mac. Copy algs4.jar to the root of your project, then:
javac -cp ".:./algs4.jar" RandomWord.java
java -cp ".:./algs4.jar" RandomWord

How to use Eclipse and Java for Mac 10.8.1

When I try to do a simple "Hello World" java application I get this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /path/to/mainarg*
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: first.Skeleton
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)
I am running on Mac OS 10.8.1 and am running Java 1.6. I have checked my run configurations to make sure the main argument can be found. For the sake of simplicity I have also tried to use the default JRE of java 1.6 that is included with mac. The build configuration I have used is also correct and pointed to the right place.
When I followed this tutorial online, and executed the commands over the terminal I get the same error. What am I missing? I don't think it is an Eclipse problem anymore, but something bigger. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the code I tried to run:
public class Test{
/* This is my first java program.
* This will print 'Hello World' as the output
*/
public static void main(String[]args){
System.out.println("Hello World");// prints Hello World
}
}
I put the code on my Desktop for simplicity. I went to /usr/tyler/desktop then made the script an executable with "javac Test.java", and when I tried to run it with "java Test.java" I then got the error.
Here are the other tutorials I have followed:
-Java Compilation error on Mac
-HelloWorld with Eclipse on Mac
-Along with many others from SO and elsewhere
EDIT:
Thank you for the help. The terminal issue has been resolved. However, if anyone has any advice on what could be going wrong with Eclipse, that would be appreciated.
You need to run ...
"java Test"
You cannot execute the java code, you need to execute the compiled class file. The java executable will look for a .class file with the name Test.
execute or run
java Test
instead of
java Test.java

Ruby Call to Maui or Bash

I am trying to run a java command line operation from Ruby through a series of system commands. The first command works fine, I never receive any success from the second (maui java command). Is there something that I am doing wrong?
Dir.chdir('/var/lib/maui') do
system 'cat %s/*.txt > %s/topics.txt' % [text_path, identifier_path]
system 'java maui.main.MauiTopicExtractor -l %s -m go_model' % [identifier_path]
end
I have also tried calling a bash script that processes the java commands:
output = %x[/var/lib/maui/process.sh #{identifier_path}]
However, the same result occurs-- the files are concatenated, but never reach the Maui.
When I capture the stdoutput from the maui command, I get the following (even though I have all the environment vars setup as needed and works when I run the command outside of ruby):
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: maui/main/MauiTopicExtractor
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: maui.main.MauiTopicExtractor
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
Could not find the main class: maui.main.MauiTopicExtractor. Program will exit
Any help appreciated.
Based on your comment about class not found I think you need to invoke like this:
system 'java -cp /path/to/maui.jar maui.main.MauiTopicExtractor -l %s -m go_model' % [identifier_path]
if it works from the command line doing simply:
java maui.main.MauiTopicExtractor -l /path/to/file -m go_model
then can you post the output of (from the shell):
echo $CLASSPATH
and from ruby:
system "echo $CLASSPATH"

Java - running my prog from terminal and getting the following error messages (w/ NoClassDefFoundError) [duplicate]

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> java foo/boo/Prog
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: foo/boo/Prog
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: foo.boo.Prog
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
Could not find the main class: foo/boo/Prog. Program will exit.
I'm really lost. I have a directory foo/boo/ and in that I have Prog.class along with some other dot-class files. foo is a subdirectory of the current directory where I run the command from. I compiled it fine, and in my foo/boo/ directory I've checked to make sure that there is indeed a "Prog.class" along with all the other dot-class files I need. There is a main method in my Prog class, and I'm pretty sure this problem has nothing to do with my source code (although it could of course) because I was able to run Prog fine in eclipse, just not from my terminal (ssh-ing onto another machine).
Could someone try to decipher what all of that jumble might mean? I don't really understand. Thank you very much.
$ java -h
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
You are trying to specify the filesystem path to your class file, this is not possible. You need to specify the classpath correctly, so the class can be found by the classloader.
The classpath is a set of paths, where the java classloader looks for the classes to load. So specify the correct folders after the -cp parameter and it will be fine.
I'm probably misunderstanding (and don't have enough to just comment on questions) but are you saying you have a Prog directory, with a Prog.class in there? Wouldn't that make it foo.boo.Prog.Prog ?
Start from outside of foo/boo/Prog, i.e. having current directory being the parent of foo and run as #grtt1 said.
SAMPLE THAT WORKS
suzan#nebulla:~/Test_Java_01$ ls
foo
suzan#nebulla:~/Test_Java_01$ ls foo
boo
suzan#nebulla:~/Test_Java_01$ ls foo/boo
Prog.class Prog.java
suzan#nebulla:~/Test_Java_01$ cat foo/boo/Prog.java
package foo.boo;
public class Prog {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello world");
}
}
suzan#nebulla:~/Test_Java_01$ java foo.boo.Prog
Hello world

Using a jar in a Java project?

I'm trying to use the public methods/classed from a project provided as a jar file (called Hello.jar for instance) wrapped in a package called hello.
package hello;
public class Hello
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
coucou();
}
public static void coucou()
{
System.out.println("Hello there");
}
}
In a separate project called Tool, I want to be able to call the method Hello.coucou() so I wrote something like this:
import hello.*;
public class Tool
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("main program running");
Hello.coucou();
}
}
and I compiled Tool.java with the following command (under linux):
$ javac Tool.java -classpath .:./extern/:
where Hello.jar is located in the folder ./extern
This seems to compile fine but when I launch it (i.e. java Tool), I get this:
main program running
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: hello/Hello
at Tool.main(Tool.java:9)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: hello.Hello
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:336)
... 1 more
I am new to Java (C/C++ background) and I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Any ideas?
Cheers
David
Edit: I tried adding Hello.jar to the classpath on the command line, but I still get the same error:
$ javac Tool.java -classpath .:./extern/Hello.jar:
$ java Tool -classpath .:./extern/Hello.jar:
main program running
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: hello/Hello
at Tool.main(Tool.java:9)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: hello.Hello
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:323)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:268)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:336)
... 1 more
You need the Hello.jar on the classpath when you run as well as when you compile.
Actually the trick was in the order of the arguments in the command line:
Is the -cp (or -classpath) is set last, then it doesn't work
java Tool -cp .:extern/Hello.jar
It has to be first like:
java -cp .:extern/Hello.jar Tool
!!!
Java uses dynamic late binding, so putting the JAR in the classpath during compilation is only necessary to ensure that your code is using the classes from it correctly, but it does not actually embed them into your code as the linker would in C/C++. Thus, you need to set the classpath also when executing the code.
However, this:
$ javac Tool.java -classpath .:./extern/:
should not work either, since JARs need to be put into the classpath directly, not just the directory they live in:
$ javac Tool.java -classpath .:./extern/Hello.jar
Finally, you are placing your code in the default nameless package. This is OK for fooling around, but will cause problems in the long run (for one thing, you cannot import classes FROM the default package anywhere else).
When you run Java you must add the jar file too (adding the directory path only does not work).
See classpath information.
It should be something like this:
java -classpath /java/MyClasses/myclasses.jar utility.myapp.Cool
You need to include the Hello.jar file in the classpath when you launch it too.
java -cp xxx.jar hello where xxx is the jar you want to have in your classpath, if you want multiple jars then separate them using ;
karl

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