Getting httpclient working with eclipse.

I've been trying to get the HttpClient API working with eclipse to no avail. Whenever I try and compile the code I get this error:

Code:

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.<clinit>(HttpClient.java:66)
        at httpClient.htttp.main(htttp.java:15)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
        ... 2 more

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Code:

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package httpClient;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;

import java.io.*;

public class htttp {
 
  private static String url = "http://www.apache.org/";

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Create an instance of HttpClient.
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

    // Create a method instance.
    GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
   
    // Provide custom retry handler is necessary
    method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER,
                    new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));

    try {
      // Execute the method.
      int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);

      if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
        System.err.println("Method failed: " + method.getStatusLine());
      }

      // Read the response body.
      byte[] responseBody = method.getResponseBody();

      // Deal with the response.
      // Use caution: ensure correct character encoding and is not binary data
      System.out.println(new String(responseBody));

    } catch (HttpException e) {
      System.err.println("Fatal protocol violation: " + e.getMessage());
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println("Fatal transport error: " + e.getMessage());
      e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      // Release the connection.
      method.releaseConnection();
    } 
  }
}

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Also, does anyone know how to get JyDT working in eclipse and also any good tutorials on the Java scripting API using (J)Python. The only tutorials I could find was using Javascript. I don't really understand the point in being able to use Javascript in a Java program, but I can python...

Anyway, I appreciate any answers.

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Whenever I try and compile the code I get this error:

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That's strange. It looks just like what you'd get trying to execute a program.

Where is the class: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory
defined? Probably in a jar file. That jar file needs to be on the classpath when the program is executed.

Right click on your class file
Select configure build path
Click the libraries tab
Make sure the commons logging jar is in the list of libraries, if not add it

Woohoo!!! I got it working. Basically, it was a long list of dependencies that weren't stated anywhere (clearly at least) that were needed.

Commons codec and commons logging from commons.apache.org.


Thanks norm (again) && racerxadam.

i have try with eclipse and with netbeans both, i have included the common loggin and common codec jar file also. but still it not resolve the error. i also put these jar files inside the jdk where its installed and also where my class file (.java) exists.


i will appreciate the help from every one.

Thanks