running java class as standalone

[moshi cochem]

Hi, I have a java class, which I want to run as standalone,
which means that wherever it will be located, doubleclick on it will
run it.(it also interacts with the user - it asks 3 questions and the
answers are simple int...)
Thanks

[Ulf Dittmer]

Classes aren't double-clickable. You'll have to wrap it in a jar file.

[moshi cochem]

Hi Ulf, thanks for your reply.
I understand that jar files are double-clickale.
I executed a jar file out of my project.
I saved my jar in my desktop. I double-clicked on
it and it did nothing.
Do I miss something ? (I use Eclipse)
Thanks a lot.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Maybe there are problems with the manifest or the classpath. To see those, run it from the command line via "java -jar my.jar".

[Campbell Ritchie]

And there is more about jars and manifests in the Java™ Tutorials.

[salvin francis]

moshi cochem wrote: I double-clicked on
it and it did nothing.

Since it did nothing, my guess is, it works fine.
else it would either show a prompt asking you to select the program to open jar files with,
or it will show a message box stating that the main method/class was not found.


Do one thing,
open command prompt, type the following command:

java -jar myFile.jar

and paste the exception/message here
[assuming your file name is myFile.jar and the path is set to java bin directory]

[moshi cochem]

So I don't even have to include in this calling the jars that in the classpath, right ?
only java -jar myJar.jar ?

[moshi cochem]

OK, I tried to run the jar independently.
I located it in c:/ and ran it from there:
java -jar myJar.jar
I got an exception that indicates that another jar from the classpath is missing.
Should I bring that jar into c: either and name it when I invoke the jar somehow ? (how...?)
If so, it says that the jar is never independent.
Am I write ?

[Efrain Morales]

You have to make the missing jar file available to the jar file you are running, either copying it in the same folder or using -classhpath option, something like java -jar myJar.jar -classpath C:\otherJars

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can use the jar file's manifest to put required jar files automatically into the classpath; this is easiest if those jar files are in the same directory as the main jar file.

[moshi cochem]

Hi , first of all I want to thank you all to your help.
Well, unfortunately, I put the jar in c: and also the other jar that I use in the classpath.
I write:
C:\>java -jar myJar.jar classpath c:\h2.jar
and I get: Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement

Any idea ?

[salvin francis]

moshi cochem wrote:Hi , first of all I want to thank you all to your help.
Well, unfortunately, I put the jar in c: and also the other jar that I use in the classpath.
I write:
C:\>java -jar myJar.jar classpath c:\h2.jar
and I get: Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement

Any idea ?

need the complete stacktrace (or at least first 10 lines)

[moshi cochem]

Hi, sorry, here it is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.h2.
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(
at java.security.AccessController
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findCl
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoad
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Nativ
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknow
at Utils.H2Admin.CreateDataBase(H
at Utils.H2Admin.main(H2Admin.jav
[Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement;@530daa

Thanks

[Ulf Dittmer]

Did the "-" in front of "classpath" get lost during posting? That's crucial.

[moshi cochem]

hi ulf,
I'm not sure that I understand what you mean.
I run it in command:
c:/>java -jar.....
I don't think that it is get lost when I run it...

[moshi cochem]

Hi,
I solved it by addidng a manifest contains the classPath.
Thanks anyways !

[salvin francis]

moshi cochem wrote:Hi, sorry, here it is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.h2.
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(
at java.security.AccessController
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findCl
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoad
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClas
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Nativ
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknow
at Utils.H2Admin.CreateDataBase(H
at Utils.H2Admin.main(H2Admin.jav
[Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement;@530daa

Thanks

looks like you used the mouse to select text in command prompt,
a full column was "eaten" away