How can I tell javac how to find the imageio-classes? - java

I'm new to java development, I just want to use javac for my build system. I'm using java to add a feature to a program someone else wrote, specifically involving GeoTiff images.
I found a class online that I would like to use, however I'm having trouble building the class, no matter what I do I get this message:
javac GeoTiffIIOMetadataAdapter.java
GeoTiffIIOMetadataAdapter.java:11: package com.sun.media.imageio.plugins.tiff does not exist
import com.sun.media.imageio.plugins.tiff.GeoTIFFTagSet;
I'm on RHEL5, so I installed the package I thought I needed, jai-imageio-core.x86_64. But the problem persists. I think that I'm not setting some variable corrently (like -sourcepath or something). I would appreciate any help.

You need to include the jar with -cp or -classpath.
So your compile would be like java -cp "<location to jai_imageio-1.1.jar>" <your java class> .
I think you need this jar file.
You can read more about javac here.

Find out where the package installed the jar file with the class you want to import, and add it to the javac commandline in the -classpath. (You then also need to include it in the classpath when your plugin runs; how to do that may depend on the program it plugs into).

I think that I'm not setting some variable correctly (like -sourcepath or something)
This tutorial briefly introduces the usage of environment variables in Java: PATH and CLASSPATH
This one seems to be the most popular answer to various classpath related questions I've seen at online forums: Setting the class path.
To avoid "blind recommendation" I quickly skimmed through it before adding to this answer and, well... it really covers most of what one needs to know to deal with classpath. Pretty good; the reason why I didn't look into it before is that there always has been some guru nearby who explained stuff to me.

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How do I import the necessary Jinterface packages in Java?

I understand that I need to import the packages in
import com.ericsson.otp.erlang.*;
To run Jinterface in Java, this is not included in Java's default libraries but in Erlang's. How do I access this library? Which path should I use? I've google it but found nothing. I am using Ubuntu 13.10. The above code is not enough for this to work.
If you have done any Java development before, then you know that you should add OtpErlang.jar to your application's class path.
You can do this in the command line, Ant, Maven, Gradle or even in your IDE.
Command line example:
javac -classpath OtpErlang.jar YourGame.java
I use OS X and OtpErlang.jar is under:
/usr/local/Cellar/erlang/R16B03-1/lib/erlang/lib/jinterface-1.5.8/priv/OtpErlang.jar
Keep in mind that you need to include OtpErlang.jar also when you run your game.
Try looking in the Jinterface users Guide, they give an example of compiling the Java code.

Java files are not compliling

I have deploy my java code on AWS cloud, when I compile it on windows through terminal, I just have to use the command.
javac mainApp.java
it automatically create .class files of all other classes, lets say I have another class
class newProcessClass
who's variable is in mainApp.java, on EC2 when I compile it, it is giving me the error
error: could not find this symbol
newProcessClass npc = new newProcessClass();
same for the other classes. how can I compile it, and run it.
According to your description, I think that might be caused by classpath issue,
So please make sure current path(.) is under your classpath.
You can do this by type the follow into your terminal(pay attention to the little dot please!)
export CLASSPATH=.;$CLASSPATH
If you would like to persistent this setting and avoid set this everytime, you'd better add it to your .bashrc file.
And then when you run the class via java command, please also specify classpath as below
java -cp . mainApp
I recommend use Maven for the life cycle for application java and when you compiled the mainApp.java this action has that compile all file. you can get me more information of error stack?. For other side I think that is best that you use Maven. Best regards

Issue running java program from batch file, runs fine in IDE

I'm doing some basic java homework for a class on my new laptop - issue is, I can't seem to get the program to compile and run from my batch file using the directions the instructor gave me.
I've set the Path variable to my JDK inside the Environment Variables settings.
My program is a simple shipping program to keep track of shipment information - I have the program working flawlessly in NetBeans (which our instructor advised us to use for developing the code), but he's going to be testing them using batch files, so we're also advised to test them on our systems with one we create prior to turning them in - pretty straightforward.
Issue is, I cannot seem to get this to work. I've never done it before, but I've used .bat files to compile and run C++ programs, as well as using makefiles on a unix system, so I feel like I'm absolutely stupid for not figuring this out on my own, but none of my searches have returned any fruitful solutions that help at all.
My program consists of 3 .java files:
Shipment.java - an interface that contains abstracted methods that are implemented in the ShipmentHW1 class
ShipmentHW1.java - a class that implements the abstracted methods from Shipment and has constructors, etc to create a usable object
TestShipment.java - the main class of this program, which utilizes and creates ShipmentHW1 objects based on preset parameters. This is super duper basic stuff here, and again, it runs perfectly fine inside the NetBeans IDE.
The instructions given to us state to have the batch file inside the package directory (which in this case I've set aside a seperate folder on my desktop titled "shipping", which is the package name - shouldn't be any issues there), where the 3 .java files are located as well.
They say if you don't need to explicitly list the path to the JDK, then you can simply have
javac TestShipment.java
java TestShipment.java
pause
Afterwards I get errors talking about how it "cannot find symbol Shipment s = new ShipmentHW1();"
I've tried adding imports, but since they're in the same package it shouldn't even be an issue.
Directory path is
C:\Users\X\Desktop\shipping
All 7 files are contained within:
TestShipment.java
TestShipment.class
Shipment.java
Shipment.class
ShipmentHW1.java
ShipmentHW1.class
doHW1.bat
Does anyone have any idea? I can provide more information if I've been too vague
Also, I'm on Windows 8 if that makes any difference
Solved
Batch file now reads
javac TestShipment.java Shipment.java ShipmentHW1.java
cd ..
java shipment.TestShipment
pause
and it works like a charm. Anyone have any ideas why I had to call the package.class instead of just compiling it regularly?
Try doing
javac TestShipment.java
java TestShipment
pause
Without seeing the contents of TestShipment.java, I'll assume you have some dependency on the Shipment and ShipmentHW1 classes. As such, when you execute a program that uses the TestShipment class, you need to have the .class files for each of the three (and any other dependencies).
So you will have to compile Shipment.java and ShipmentHW1.java as well before running your java command. If they are in the same package, you're good, if not, you will have to specify an appropriate value for the -cp option.
When running java with a class name, you need to specify the fully qualified class name.
If your .java files are declared to be in the 'shipping' package, then you probably need to be running java from the parent directory of 'shipping', e.g.
cd <path>/shipping
javac TestShipment.java
cd ..
java shipping/TestShipment

Tools for finding all dependencies in Java jars

Are there any tools that can be given a classpath or folder, and will search through all the .jar files looking for references to a particular class?
It would have saved me a day of searching in order to resolve this kind of problem.
In my case I had to find out where a rogue reference to a class was coming from, as it was stopping JBoss from starting correctly due to a NoClassDefFoundError. I suppose I am looking for this:
java -jar magicbullet.jar /path/to/search com.myproject.DodgyClass
Searching...
com.problematic.Otherclass in /path/to/search/dodgy.jar implements com.myproject.DodgyClass
Or similar. If not, I'll write one.
Use Tattletale - http://www.jboss.org/tattletale. It helps you create an index which is very handy to search for classes etc.
Under Linux (or Cygwin on Windows) you may use script from https://gist.github.com/980697.
Usage: findclass.sh <directory> <className>
Example: findclass.sh . ClassName (means "search for class named ClassName inside all jars/wars/ears/sars located within current directory and all its subdirectories")
Google for "JarAnalyzer" a helpfull tool doing more exactly what you want (and a bit more ;D )

Java compiled with gcj using javax.comm api. Possible?

I have a java program that I'm required to compile into a Linux native program using gcj-4.3. This program requires serial port access. The javax.comm api provides serial port access but I'm not sure how to get my compiled java program to use it.
The target box has Java installed, but of course my compiled program isn't running in the JRE...so I'm not exactly sure how I can link in the comm.jar file or how that file can find the .properties file it requires.
I wonder if I can just compile the comm.jar allong with my .jar file and link the two object files together. Can my code then reference the classes in comm.jar?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm not an GCJ expert but I have some suggestions (I'm not providing the syntax, this will require some exploration that I didn't perform):
first, I think that you'll have to compile comm.jar into a (shared) library,
then, you'll have to link your code against the library,
finally, use the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable to pass properties to the program at invocation time.
The following pointers might be helpful to implement this:
GCJ---The GNU Compiler for Java (great resources IMO, covers all the steps mentioned above)
GCJ – Getting Started (more an intro but still nice)
Compile ActiveMQ with GCJ (more use cases but I don't think they apply here)
And of course, the official documentation :)

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