Please help me ASAP!

[Asvin]

Hey guys.. I was looking to study from this code example the guys over at oracle.com made:

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package components;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 * @author ges
 * @author kwalrath
 */
/* MenuLayoutDemo.java requires no other files. */

public class MenuLayoutDemo {
    public JMenuBar createMenuBar() {
        JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
        menuBar.setLayout(new BoxLayout(menuBar, BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS));
        menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 1"));
        menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 2"));
        menuBar.add(createMenu("Menu 3"));

        menuBar.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(0,0,0,1,
                                                          Color.BLACK));
        return menuBar;
    }

    // used by createMenuBar
    public JMenu createMenu(String title) {
        JMenu m = new HorizontalMenu(title);
        m.add("Menu item #1 in " + title);
        m.add("Menu item #2 in " + title);
        m.add("Menu item #3 in " + title);

        JMenu submenu = new HorizontalMenu("Submenu");
        submenu.add("Submenu item #1");
        submenu.add("Submenu item #2");
        m.add(submenu);

        return m;
    }

    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from the
     * event-dispatching thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("MenuLayoutDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        MenuLayoutDemo demo = new MenuLayoutDemo();
        Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
        contentPane.setBackground(Color.WHITE); //contrasting bg
        contentPane.add(demo.createMenuBar(),
                        BorderLayout.LINE_START);

        //Display the window.
        frame.setSize(300, 150);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }

    class HorizontalMenu extends JMenu {
        HorizontalMenu(String label) {
            super(label);
            JPopupMenu pm = getPopupMenu();
            pm.setLayout(new BoxLayout(pm, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
        }

        public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
            return getPreferredSize();
        }

        public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
            return getPreferredSize();
        }

        public void setPopupMenuVisible(boolean b) {
            boolean isVisible = isPopupMenuVisible();
            if (b != isVisible) {
                if ((b==true) && isShowing()) {
                    //Set location of popupMenu (pulldown or pullright).
                    //Perhaps this should be dictated by L&F.
                    int x = 0;
                    int y = 0;
                    Container parent = getParent();
                    if (parent instanceof JPopupMenu) {
                        x = 0;
                        y = getHeight();
                    } else {
                        x = getWidth();
                        y = 0;
                    }
                    getPopupMenu().show(this, x, y);
                } else {
                    getPopupMenu().setVisible(false);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I do get it to compile, however it gives me a runtime error.. I have attached the error message as a file.. Please take a look and help me out.. Thank you in advance!

[Tolls]

Can you copy and paste the error...that's unreadable.

Also identify what line it occurred on.

[JosAH]

that's unreadable.

Can't you read that? Man, you need glasses. That's a stack trace and the last line reads "Press any key to continue ..."; duh, easy ...

kind regards,

Jos aka Hawkeye ;-)

[Norm]

To copy the contents of the command prompt window:
Click on Icon in upper left corner
Select Edit
Select 'Select All' - The selection will show
Click in upper left again
Select Edit and click 'Copy'

Paste here.

[Asvin]

Oh shikes.. sorry for that attachment.. didn't know the forum would shrink it down so much.. Sorry!

Thanks for teaching me something new! :)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MenuLayoutDemo (wrong
 name: components/MenuLayoutDemo)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:616)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:14
1)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
Could not find the main class: MenuLayoutDemo.  Program will exit.
Press any key to continue . . .

[Norm]

Where is the command line you used to execute the program?
The program is in a package, so you need to consider that when executing the program.

In the folder containing the components folder, enter:
java components.MenuLayoutDemo

[JosAH]

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MenuLayoutDemo (wrong
 name: components/MenuLayoutDemo)

The class is in a package so you should've run it as components.MenuLayoutDemo. Also that .class file should be stored in its correct directory.

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

Can't you read that? Man, you need glasses. That's a stack trace and the last line reads "Press any key to continue ..."; duh, easy ...

kind regards,

Jos aka Hawkeye ;-)

Just call me Mr Magoo.

[Asvin]

I ran it as components.MenuLayoutDemo and it still gave me the same error.. The class file and java file are in the same folder!

[Tolls]

And are you running the command from the folder above that one?
Not the components folder.

[nitishsp]

remove "package components;" from the code.

[JosAH]

I ran it as components.MenuLayoutDemo and it still gave me the same error.. The class file and java file are in the same folder!

Read some tutorials about packages, where to store them and how to run them; it wouldn't surprise me if all that information is mentioned in your book.

kind regards,

Jos

[JosAH]

remove "package components;" from the code.

That would be a stupid nearsighted hack.

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

it still gave me the same error

When you get an error, please copy the FULL text of the console window and paste it here.
We can only guess what you're doing wrong, the full text would show us what happened.
Also do a dir command to show what is in the current directory.