Error: could not be converted to [class java.lang.Class].

Question

I am newbie to JDeveloper (10.1.2) on winxp and i was trying to setup the example from the following url http://radio.weblogs.com/0129487/2003/09/19.html
It is a how to on "Executing Toplink Queries using JavaBean DataControl "
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Near the bottom on step "In StrutsPageFlow diagram, select allEmpsDA Data Action, right mouse and chooe Run" i get a the following runtime errors:
Validation Error
You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
JBO-29000: Unexpected exception caught: oracle.jbo.JboException, msg=JBO-29000: Unexpected exception caught: oracle.toplink.exceptions.ConversionException, msg= Exception Description: The object [mypackage.Employees], of class [class java.lang.String], could not be converted to [class java.lang.Class]. Please ensure that the class [class java.lang.Class] is on the CLASSPATH. You may need to use alternate API passing in the appropriate class loader as required, or setting it on the default ConversionManager Internal Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: mypackage.Employees
JBO-29000: Unexpected exception caught: oracle.toplink.exceptions.ConversionException, msg= Exception Description: The object [mypackage.Employees], of class [class java.lang.String], could not be converted to [class java.lang.Class]. Please ensure that the class [class java.lang.Class] is on the CLASSPATH. You may need to use alternate API passing in the appropriate class loader as required, or setting it on the default ConversionManager Internal Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: mypackage.Employees
Exception Description: The object [mypackage.Employees], of class [class java.lang.String], could not be converted to [class java.lang.Class]. Please ensure that the class [class java.lang.Class] is on the CLASSPATH. You may need to use alternate API passing in the appropriate class loader as required, or setting it on the default ConversionManager Internal Exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: mypackage.Employees

Answer 1

This error is happening on a read.
Here is the mapping descriptor:
<database-mapping>
<attribute-name>SuppItemCollection</attribute-name>
<read-only>false</read-only>
<reference-class>package.SuppItem</reference-class>
<is-private-owned>false</is-private-owned>
<uses-batch-reading>false</uses-batch-reading>
<indirection-policy>
<mapping-indirection-policy>
<type>oracle.toplink.internal.indirection.NoIndirectionPolicy</type>
</mapping-indirection-policy>
</indirection-policy>
<container-policy>
<mapping-container-policy>
<container-class>java.util.Vector</container-class>
<type>oracle.toplink.internal.queryframework.ListContainerPolicy</type>
</mapping-container-policy>
</container-policy>
<source-key-fields>
<field>SUPP.REQ_NUM</field>
</source-key-fields>
<target-foreign-key-fields>
<field>SUPP_ITEM.REQ_NUM</field>
</target-foreign-key-fields>
<type>oracle.toplink.mappings.OneToManyMapping</type>
</database-mapping>
Object model has a Supp class that has a collection of SuppItem(s). I was allowing the Mapping Workbench to create the Java Source. I'm not to fond of that, but I thought it would be easiest to get things going.
The datamodel is similiar to the class model.
Thanks for the help,
Mike