Error in jar file but not when program is run as standalone

[lance9200@yahoo.com]

Hello,

I created a program in java when i compile it javac filename.java and run it java filename using the command line it runs perfectly. The problem I am having is when i make a jar file using this command line jar cfm filename.jar man.tx filename.class filename.png it creates the jar file filename.jar but when i try and run it using this command line java -jar filename.jar it gives me these errors:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: SchoolVue$1
at SchoolVue.RunSchool(SchoolVue.java:97)
at SchoolVue.main(SchoolVue.java:560)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: SchoolVue$1
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 19)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 64)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:332)

I've even created a manifest file that contains Main-Class: className and it still doesn't work.
Does anyone have a clue as to why this is happening?

[Petr]

Can you elaborate all steps how you make your JAR?

[DarrylBurke]

i make a jar file using this command line jar cfm filename.jar man.tx filename.class filename.png

You have to include all .class files. Including those with names like filename$1.class, filename$1.class etc. Those are the class files for your anonymous inner classes.

But first, you should have looked at the stack trace.

... NoClassDefFoundError: SchoolVue$1
at SchoolVue.RunSchool(SchoolVue.java:97)

What's on line 97 of SchoolVue.java? I'll bet there's a new ... statement which tries to instantiate the first declared anonymous inner class.

db

[lance9200@yahoo.com]

I give descriptions how I created the jar file in the original post as well as how I created the class file with javac. But here it is again:

jar cfm jarfile.jar man.txt classFile.class picture.png

line 97 is the end of an actionlistener { ); } i surrounded it in curly braces

[lance9200@yahoo.com]

When class file is created does it create a second class file with $1 appended to it?

[lance9200@yahoo.com]

Thank you very much I created a new jar file and include the name of class file with the $1 appended and it worked. Bless you. I've been trying to figure this out for 2 days.

[Tolls]

When you compile a java file that contains anonymous classes in it it will create a class file for each of those anonymous ones, appending $n to the end (where n increments).

Similarly for named inner classes, where the class file produce will be called <parentclassname>$<innerclassname>.class.