I'm a beginner in Java and am trying to run my code using IntelliJ that I just installed as my IDE with JDK 1.7. The following piece of code keeps does not even compile and keeps giving me the error:
Error: Could not find or load main class libTest
Code
import java.lang.Integer;
import java.lang.String;
import java.lang.System;
import java.util.*;
class book {
private String name = "trial";
private int bookCode=1;
private int issued=0;
public void Issue(){
if(issued==0) {
issued=1;
System.out.println("You have succesfully issued the book");
}
else {
System.out.println("The book is already issued. Please contact the librarian for further details");
}
}
public int checkCode() {
return bookCode;
}
String readName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String newName){
name=newName;
}
public void setBookCode(int newCode){
bookCode=newCode;
}
}
class library {
private ArrayList books=new ArrayList();
public void getList(){
for(int bk:books){
String bName=books(bk).readName();
System.out.println((bk+1)+") "+bName);
}
}
}
public class libTest{
public static void main(String[] args){
library newLib= new library();
System.out.println("code working");
}
}
Is there any change that i have to make in the compiler settings?? Or is it the code.
This might help:
1) "Build" menu -> "Rebuild Project".
Sometimes Intellij doesn't rewrite the classes because they already exist, this way you ask Intellij to rewrite everything.
2) "Run" menu -> "Edit configuration" -> delete the profile -> add back the profile ("Application" if it's a Java application), choose your main class from the "Main Class" dropdown menu.
3)"Build" menu -> "Rebuild Project".
If none of the above answers worked for you, just close your IntelliJ IDE and remove the IntelliJ IDE file and folder from the root of your project:
rm -rf .idea *.iml
Then open the project with IntelliJ. It must work now.
For me the solution was to fix the output directory under project settings. Before I was using just "target" for the Project compiler output. Instead I updated it to have a full path e.g. D:\dev\sigplusjava2_68\target
I had this problem and I tried everything under the sun that I could think of and on this site.
None of my Java classes were being picked up after I pulled from a remote branch. All the classes had red Js by their names in the Project Hierarchy, not blue Cs.
In the end, I tried to follow this tutorial and a few steps in tried something not described and fixed the issue:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/creating-and-managing-modules.html
Here's what I did:
Goto File | Project Structure, or press Crtl+Shift+Alt+S
Select Modules under the Project Settings section.
In the Sources tab click Sources on the 'Mark as:' line.
Click the Apply button.
For some reason, all my classes then had blue C's.
Someone with a better understanding of how IntelliJ and/or IDE's might be able to explain the phenomenon, but all I know is now it can see all the classes and more importantly the main one, and run.
Invalidate cache and restart your IntelliJ, it worked for me.
Explicitly creating an out folder and then setting the output path to C:\Users\USERNAME\IdeaProjects\PROJECTNAME\out
seemed to work for me when just out, and expecting IntelliJ to make the folder wouldn't.
Also try having IntelliJ make you a new run configuration:
Find the previous one by clicking
then remove it
and hit okay.
Now, (IMPORTANT STEP) open the class containing your main method. This is probably easiest done by clicking on the class name in the left-hand side Project Pane.
Give 'er a Alt + Shift + F10 and you should get a
Now hit Enter!!
Tadah??
(Did it work?)
File > Project Structure > Modules > Mark "src" folder as sources.
This should fix the problem. Also check latest language is selected so that you don't have to change code or do any config changes.
I know this was asked a while ago, but I was just stumbling over this issue and thought my findings might help others. As pointed out, the error message is basically a result of the out folder. That's because, when you're trying to run the program, it compiles the code first, and puts the compiled result to the out location, and then it tries to load the compiled code from the out location. If the compiled code is not in the location expected, you'll get the error.
The point I'm particularly wanting to share is that some times, the code is not compiled (built), even though your run configuration specifies "Build" in the "Before launch" section of the configuration panel.
When can this happen?
One situation that can cause this to happen is if you're using modules and you manually delete the module out directory. For example, if I have a module named "foo", there should be a directory named foo under out/production. If you manually delete it, the build system may not know that it needs to be rebuilt.
Even worse, if you select Build | Build module 'foo', it still may not rebuild the module. If that's the case, you should select a file in the module, for example 'bar.java' and then select Build | Recompile 'bar.java'. Now the out directory out/production/foo should be restored.
Since IntelliJ typically knows about any changes going on, this surprised me, and took me a little time to figure out, so I thought I'd share.
Check your class module : I have encountered this problem with intellij :
I have a maven multi-module project, the problem is that i runing a class which not exist the module within the configuration, so my problem is fixed by setting the right module ("edit configuration" -> "use class of module")
may this help you
I had to mark the "src" folder as "Sources". After restarting IntelliJ and rebuilding the project I could run the project without further issues (see screenshot).
Edit: You can access the "Project Structure" tab via File->Project Structure or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S.
I ran into this problem when my Java class was under src/main/kotlin. After I moved it to src/main/java, the problem was gone.
I have faced such problems when the class is in the default folder, i.e. when the class does not declare a package.
So I guess using a package statement (eg. package org.me.mypackage;) on top of the class should fix it.
Open Modules Tab (Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). I had two modules under one project. I've solved the problem after removing the second redundant module (see screenshot).
After creating your project in intelliJ, try running the following command:
mvn package
I have tried all the hacks suggested here - to no avail. At the end I have simply created a new Maven application and manually copied into it - one by one - the pom.xml and the java files and resources. It all works now. I am new to IntelliJ and totally unimpressed but how easy it is to get it into an unstable state.
Invalidating cache didn't work.
I edited the main class java file with a dummy change and ran it. It worked.
In my case the problem seemed to be related to upgrading IntelliJ. When I did this I overwrote the files from the old IntelliJ with the files from the new IntelliJ (2017 community to 2018 community). After that all of my projects were broken. I tried everything in this thread and none of them worked. I tried upgrading gradle to the latest version (4 to 4.8) and that didn't work. The only thing that worked for me was deleting the entire IntelliJ folder and reinstalling it. All of my projects worked after that.
I have tried almost everything suggested in the answers here, but nothing worked for me.
After an hour of just trying to run my application, I noticed that my project's path included non-ASCII characters (Arabic characters). After I moved my project to a path with no non-ASCII characters, it executed just fine.
Goto File-> Invalidate Caches and Restart .
Else delete rm -rf .idea *.iml
and restart InteliJ
You can run the maven command on the pom.xml file in your project directory:
mvn clean install
For me - i tried few of the options above, did not work. Then i just renamed my Application class and that probably forced intelliJ to build a fresh jar and error message started to change. Then i renamed it back and it worked.
Mark the directory as a source directory. Opened via Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S
modules.xml with wrong content, I don't know what's matter with my IDEA.
I inherited a bunch of .JAVA files from elsewhere and couldn't figure out how to get them to work in any IDE. Ultimately I had to go to the command line where the Main.JAVA file was and run javac Main.java. This created a bunch of .CLASS files. The IDE's were then able to figure out what to do.
I got this error when using Scala/SBT. IntelliJ could not find the main class, even though everything was set up correctly.
My solution: delete the <user>/.sbt/<version>/plugins/target folder, then restart IntelliJ.
You probably would have specified a wrong package and the package hierarchy would not be right. Look below
The ide would highlight the wrong path in that case.
I'm using IntelliJ with Spring and my main class is wrapped in a JAR.
I had to mark the 'Include dependencies with "Provided" scope' in the Run/Debug configuration dialog
We are at File/Project Structure..
Answer might be:
Folder indicated as "content root" needs a child folder where the code is.
Plus find the button that marks code as excluded and not.
Not to be confused with tickbox that states excluded without telling in what phase and what**
Is it compiler exclude or runtime exclude? You are doomed to test and lot.
So no that tickbox but icons and colors.
As an idea we need to crack how it was originally thought to work. They never got it to work in first place and started add things in premature codaculation style.
It has been so many years and you cannot expect any improvement.
But as cure we can hack out some way to get it right every time.
Another thing you can check here is the actual command that is being passed to the JVM and make sure it looks OK. Scroll to the top of your Run console, it should be the first line.
Spaces in your Run Configuration VM Options field will malform the app startup command and can result in this error message
-DsomeArgument="arg with space must be quoted"
I am working with Kotlin but am guessing the problem is the same. I would start a project, create a single file and add main to it and the IDE couldn't find the main.
I tried the things in this list and none worked. I finally mentioned my frustration on one of the IntelliJ pages and was contacted. Of course, it worked fine for IntelliJ. After a couple of days back and forth, I noticed that the highlight function wasn't working and mentioned that. It turned out something was wrong with the IDE settings. I still don't know specifically what was wrong but the fix in my case was to reset the IDE settings. File->Manage IDE Settings->Restore Default settings.
After this, the green triangle start icon became visible to the left of my main function and things continued to work normally for subsequent projects.
Thanks to Konstantin at JetBrain's support for his patience.
I am working under Mac OS X 10.7. I got javacomplete working with the help of pathogen, but it only completes JDK classes, not the classes I've created. When trying to omni-complete one of my objects I'm getting 'Pattern not found'. Is this really limited to JDK classes? If not, can anybody describe their config.
BTW, I've tried created ctags but it didn't work with javacomplete either. However, ctrl-x ctrl-] works fine with ctags created.
You need to set up the class path for your sources.
From the javacomplete documentation:
3. Set classpath using the following function: >
javacomplete#AddClassPath('jarfile_or_classes_path')
javacomplete#DelClassPath('jarfile_or_classes_path')
javacomplete#SetClassPath('semicolon_separated_string')
Another two variables will be used if they are existing:
|g:java_classpath| global classpath
|b:classpath| associated with current buffer
I have added the following to my .vimrc to auto-complete android projects:
if filereadable('AndroidManifest.xml')
call javacomplete#SetClassPath('/home/tidbeck/android/sdk/android-sdk-linux_x86/platforms/android-17/android.jar:libs/android-support-v4.jar:bin/classes')
call javacomplete#SetSourcePath('src')
endif
Two things that I noticed:
javacomplete#AddClassPath does not support jar files even though the docs say so
I had to remove my tags file to get completion to working
I've used javacomplete plugin along with supertab and i found that the easiet way to enable method completion is by using another plugin called easytags.vim that automatically creates tags as you compile your classes. From memory it did provide user defined Class and method completion.
After installing the vim plugin you have to add these lines into .vimrc:
" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
if has("autocmd")
autocmd Filetype java setlocal omnifunc=javacomplete#Complete
endif
I am, too, was unable to get it working with an existing tags file (created by ctags). As mentioned, one workaround is to unset the vim option tags inside .vimrc. But this was not an option for me.
I just manipulated javacomplete.vim to "ignore" the tags file.
Patch follows:
--- autoload/javacomplete.vim 2011-01-30 21:33:46.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/kndl/.vim/autoload/javacomplete.vim 2015-02-12 20:46:48.227465321 +0100
## -2510,7 +2510,8 ##
fu! s:GetClassInfoFromSource(class, filename)
let ci = {}
if len(tagfiles()) > 0
- let ci = s:DoGetClassInfoFromTags(a:class)
+ " kndl: Deactivate ctags feature as this does not work. It seems that I am unable to build an accepted tags file.
+ "let ci = s:DoGetClassInfoFromTags(a:class)
endif
if empty(ci)
I am unable to run the following code in Eclipse (Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, Version: Indigo Service Release 1, Build id: 20110916-0149), and I think that I may have a configuration problem in Eclipse (but I do not know what or where):
class Saluton {
public static void main(String args[])
{
String greeting = "Saluton mondo!";
System.out.println(greeting);
}
}
I am also running against Java 6 (1.6.0_29-b11-402) on Macintosh 10.7.2.
When I run this, I get the error:
"java selection does not contain a main type"
but I am pretty sure that my class is written correctly...? I have looked this error up, and cannot explain this problem so far.
TIA for any thoughts or opinions!
I think you have to make your class public, otherwise it won't work?
EDIT: My previous answer was incorrect. The JLS says you can declare arrays with the brackets at either end. See here for some examples. My mistake.
Have you verified your configuration in Eclipse such that it knows where to find the Java compiler, and a JVM? You can check the project-specific libraries by right clicking the project and going to Properties, Java Build Path
You can also check the JRE's installed by clicking Window, Preferences, Java, Installed JREs. Make sure the JRE you wish to use is listed here and that the path is correct.
Another solution (simple and direct):
In Eclipse: File -> Restart
Right click your class Saluton and choose Run as --> Java Application.
It should work.
Ok, so I'm a fellow noob, and I came here because I had this problem. I checked all my class paths and everything, and they were correct. I had actually been putting all of my files in the JRE System Library Folder, instead of the source folder. I'm not sure if this was you'r problem, but it seemed to work for me when I moved the code files into the src folder.
I took the long way around to solve this; eventually I created a package within my project and added my source code to that package and it compiled and ran! I am learning that Wizards rule!
It will work if you make your class as public !
I'm running Java program in Eclipse and I'm calling one class from another class. if I run the class that contains the main method it gives an error like:
could not find main class. program wil exit
A sample code is:
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Test t1=suitToRun();
TestRunner.run(t1);
}
public static Test suitToRun()
{
TestSuite suite= new TestSuite();
suite.addTestSuite(Login.class);
return suite;
}
This usually happens when your JAVA file has not been successfully compiled (to the .CLASS). Common fixes to this is to CLEAN (Menu > Project > Clean...) your project or rectify your JRE setting in Eclipse (or your Project, if its project specific).
You can quickly check this by right-clicking on the Java file, Run As > Run Configurations.... If you have an error, you should see an error in the dialog box that pops-up (right at the top).
Go to Run -> Run Configurations..
Make sure u have written name of Main class and Project in their respective places on right side of box..Main class option just requires name of the class containing main function and project option requires name of ur project..(take care of lower n upper cases)..
;)
Now..
If at the top of box if u can see the error
" [JRE]: JRE not compatible with project .class file compatibility: 1.7 "
then u r lucky as it can be rectified.. it is thr becoz ur Compiler Compliance level is set to the version of JAVA which is not there in ur computer or not included in Eclipse..in this case '1.7'
so u just need to set it to low level (1.6, if it is already set to 1.7)..to do that,just follow d followin path..
Project-> Properties
Click on Java compiler option in the left column n set ur desired Compiliance level shown on the right side then press ok and yes to the pop up and run it from the toolbar with ur fingers crossed...
hope it helps :)