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Need help in including all jar files in a directory to the existing project

I have added a piece of sharepoint code to the existing java file which was compiling and working fine. The sharepoint code that is written uses some of the external libraries. Now I need to add the external library to the existing project through ANT.

I have done a few modifications in the build.xml file and hence resolved all the compilation errors. However when the code is getting executed, I get an Error message saying "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/entropysoft/eci/spi/IContentProviderFactory". Please help me resolving this error.

Also please let me know what needs to be added in the build.xml file to resolve the error. All the jar files is present in the directory "externallibs"

Thanks, Rajath

Solution

  • You need to have all the jars in the classpath when running the application:

    java -cp externallibs/* com.foo.bar.Main

    If it's a Java EE web application, the build process should copy all these jars to the WEB-INF/lib folder of the generated web app structure.