Setting classpath to use JSON simple

Question

I am trying to use the JSON simple library, but I just can'e execute my program with it.

I am trying to compile this way:

$ javac -classpath json.jar TestClass.java (json.rar is the json-simple file)

And it compiles ok. But I'm having trouble running it. This is how I am trying to run the program:

$ java -classpath json.jar:. TestClass

And I get the following error: Error: Could not find or load main class TestClass

But the file IS there. After an ls, this show up:

DBImporter.class json-simple-1.1.1.jar TestClass.class testfile2.txt DBImporter.java output.txt TestClass.java json.jar resource.db testfile.txt

I'm searching on the internet for hours, and no solution works for me. I don't know if this is relevant, but this is my TestClass

import java.io.*;
import org.json.simple.*;

public class TestClass{

    public static void main(String[] args){

        JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();

    }
}

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I managed to run the program using the following command:

$ java -cp json.jar:./ TestClass

Putting a slash after the dot. I'm not sure why it worked, if anyone know the explanation it would be nice, mainly because I haven't seen this solution anywhere when searching for it.