rmic Compilation error with JDk1.3

[pilania]

Hi
I have JDK1.3 installed in Windows NT4.0 with Service Pack.
I am trying to compile a small RMI code I have three files in
d:\xml
1. IHelloRmi.java // This is the remote inteface.
2. HelloRmi.java // This is the implementation
3. HelloRmiClient.java // This is the client
All files have "package rmi" statement at top.
I compiled em succesfully. Now I want to create a stub.
I give following commands
d:\xml> rmic rmi.HelloRmi
d:\xml\rmi> rmic rmi.HelloRmi
but it gives following error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/java/Constants
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(native method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:486)
etc.....
Any help will be appreciated

[Milind Kulkarni]

Hi Pilania,
I am assuming that you have d:\xml in your classpath. Create a sub directory called rmi and put these 3 files in this sub -directory. You should not have any problem in compiling and creating stubs. Please let me know if you face any other problems.
Regards,
Milind

[This message has been edited by Milind Kulkarni (edited June 27, 2000).]

[pilania]

Milind
I do not have d:\xml is classpath bit it is in my path. I have d:\jdk1.3\lib only in my classpath.
And i do have rmi directory its strucutre is d:\xml\rmi and al three class files are in there too.
For all its worth even if i enter rmic and press enter it gives me the same error.

[Milind Kulkarni]

Hi Pilania,
If you see such errors - that means that your CLASSPATH is not set to point at the working directory.
My path includes c:\jdk1.2.2\bin that is where my java and javac stuff is.
My classpath points to c:\Examples which is where I put my .java files that I'm working on.
Change your PATH to point to d:\jdk1.3\lib and CLASSPATH to d:\xml.
Hope this helps!!
Regards,
Milind

[This message has been edited by Milind Kulkarni (edited June 27, 2000).]

[pilania]

Milind
I appreciate your suggestions/thoughts. But the problem is fixed. Here is how
I have J2sdkee1.2.1 installed on my machine. It needs that you put couple of J2EE jar files in
root(C: or d /jdk1.2.2 (or jdk1.3)/jre/lib/ext. I removed them files and voila.
Ofcourse your suggestion about putting my work directory in the classpath was what finally did it.
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[David McCullars]

I believe you can also fix this by copying the file <JAVA_HOME>/lib/tools.jar into <JAVA_HOME>/jre/ext (since it isn't always convenient to move j2ee.jar around). [Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work just adding the tools.jar file into the classpath.]

[Michael Ernest]

Pilania -
Please take a moment and change your screen name to reflect JavaRanch's naming policy. And thanks for coming to our forums to participate.
Regards,
Michael