How to run a java program including a .jar file

Question

I have 2 classes

CLASS1 (the main class)
    - calls threading glass


CLASS2 (the threading class)
    - calls function
    - calls json.simple.jar functons

and a .JAR (https://code.google.com/p/json-simple/)

jar/json.simple.jar

Now the main problem is that i actualy managed to make both classes to compile with those commands

javac -d . -cp '.:jar/json.simple.jar' *.java;

this will create a folder named package1 and then when i try to run it it gives me the error

java javanolo.CLASS1 -jar 'jar/json.simple.jar';


Selected (9) IPS ... <-- this is the first **println**
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/json/simple/parser/ParseException
        at javanolo.CLASS1.main(CLASS1.java:70)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.json.simple.parser.ParseException
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
        ... 1 more

and i assume this is because it is not finding some of the json simple functions. Why that? I've imported them

// json encode/decode
import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;

and i am sure that i have imported the .jar, because if i run

javac -d . *.java;


error :

import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
^
CLASS1.java:14: error: package org.json.simple does not exist
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
^
CLASS1.java:15: error: package org.json.simple.parser does not exist
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
^
CLASS2.java:16: error: package org.json.simple does not exist
import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
^
CLASS2.java:17: error: package org.json.simple does not exist
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
^
CLASS2.java:18: error: package org.json.simple.parser does not exist
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
^
CLASS2.java:148: error: cannot find symbol
public Map<String,String> openAndGetGeoDataByProxy(String ip,String port,int timeout) throws IOException, InterruptedException, ParseException
                                                                    ^
symbol:   class ParseException
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:99: error: cannot find symbol
} catch (ParseException ex) {
^
symbol:   class ParseException
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:188: error: cannot find symbol
Object jsonObject = JSONValue.parse(line);
^
symbol:   variable JSONValue
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:191: error: cannot find symbol
JSONObject jsonArray = (JSONObject)jsonObject;
^
symbol:   class JSONObject
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:191: error: cannot find symbol
JSONObject jsonArray = (JSONObject)jsonObject;
^
symbol:   class JSONObject
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:194: error: cannot find symbol
JSONObject jsonArray2 = (JSONObject)jsonArray.get("array_result");
^
symbol:   class JSONObject
location: class CLASS2
CLASS2.java:194: error: cannot find symbol
JSONObject jsonArray2 = (JSONObject)jsonArray.get("array_result");
^
symbol:   class JSONObject
location: class CLASS2

so i know for sure that json-simple.jar is being used when compilation.

1. The main question is, how can i run CLASS1 and CLASS2 with that .jar file?
2. Why LINUX based system is so different then the WINDOWS NETBEANS? I mean java is platform independent ...
3. Ho can i connect NETBEANS to my server trough SFTP so i can code there directly.

Thanks.

EDIT TRIES

i have tried the following commands, none of them works, it gives me the message like i was running the java -help command

try1 java -cp .;jar/json.simple.jar javanolo.CLASS1

try2 java -cp .;'/root/folder/folder/jar/json.simple.jar' javanolo.CLASS1

try3 java -cp .;/root/folder/folder/jar/json.simple.jar javanolo.CLASS1

can anyone help me please (would be better on chat)? i really need this

Answer 1

With this:

java javanolo.CLASS1 -jar 'jar/json.simple.jar'

you run your class and give the rest of the command line, i.e. -jar jar/json.simple.jar as arguments.

What you want is:

java -cp .;jar/json.simple.jar javanolo.CLASS1

or, in a UNIX shell:

java -cp .:jar/json.simple.jar javanolo.CLASS1

Note that your class path is the same in compilation and execution.