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user11227590

Reputation: 61

Is it possible to use java -cp to run a class which is not in a package

You can use this command to start a jar file and specify a main class.

java -cp file.jar path.to.MainClass

My problem is that I just have a class that is not contained in a package. So the main class is just called MainClass. So the command becomes

java -cp file.jar MainClass

The problem is that java does not seem to be able to load the class and just says it could not be found or loaded.
Is there a way to start a jar with the -cp argument like that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 120

Answers (1)

Will
Will

Reputation: 7027

Just run:

java -cp file.jar MainKt

Main-Class in manifest only impacts java -cp file.jar, not when used with a class argument like MainClass (which presumably doesn't exist) or MainKt.

Also, if your class is really named MainClass inside the MainKt.java source file, it should be renamed to match the source file name (or vice versa) first; see e.g. this question.

Upvotes: 1

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