Class.forname (help please)

Hello,
I would like to load a class with class.forname. BUT, I just know the package and the path to the class. This class its not on class-path...
What I know is:
class: myClass
package: org.java
location: c:\myClases
current class path: c:\myClassPath
Class.forName("org.java.myClass");
this above does not works because org.java.myClass its not on classpath
Any ideas?

URL directory = new URL("file:/location where your package is/"); // dont forget to end it with /
URL[] classPath = new URL[] {directory};
ClassLoader loader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(classPath);
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<jsp:forward page="<%=nextPage%>"/>.......................................................................
Here is the error:(I mark it in my bean also)
root cause
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at hrm.CandidateMgr.addInter(CandidateMgr.java:652)
     at org.apache.jsp.InterviewCtrl_jsp._jspService(InterviewCtrl_jsp.java:66)
     at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
I use JSP 1.2 , mySQL with TOMCAT. My table name is Candidate.It's fields are as follows:
Candidate(nicNo,title,fName,civilStatus,tele,eduQua)
Can anybody tell me whats going on, help me to solve this please.
Thanks.

you should try something different, since you are mixing up a lot of code.
1) create a separate method just to connect and disconnect from a database;
2) use the value entered and see if you can find a record in the table. If the record is there, then you should re-direct your jsp to a jspError, else goes to another form.
the code below give you some idea
      if( sAction.equals("Add1") ) {
        sITEM = request.getParameter("parameter1");
        try {
          itemmaster.connect();
          itemmaster.viewitemmaster( sITEM );
          rs = itemmaster.getRs();
          if( rs.next() ) {
            sURL = "additemmaster1.jsp";
          else {
            request.setAttribute( "asITEM", sITEM );
            sURL = "additemmaster2.jsp";
        finally {
          rs.close();
          itemmaster.disconnect();
      }

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we have a java application:
c:\app\TestForName.class
inside the app, there is a call:
Class.forName("ClassLib");
ClassLib.class is a simplest class for testing with no package.
ClassLib.class can be in any directory except the app's directory
c:\app
because ClassLib.class stands for our library class for multiple projects and multiple uses, it is not allowed to be in a special app directory.
and, ClassLoader and URLClassLoder are not suitable in our case.
i tried following 3 ideas, none of them is OK, please help.
1. put ClassLib.class in directory
c:\lib\
(that is c:\lib\ClassLib.class)
call application with command -cp
java -cp c:\lib;....; TestForName
(method Class.forName("ClassLib") call is inside TestForName.class)
2. put ClassLib.class in
c:\jdk\bin\
(VM says it is one of "java.library.path")
java -cp ....; TestForName
3. put ClassLib.class in
c:\jdk\JAR\classes\
(VM says if is one of "sun.boot.class.path")
java -cp ....; TestForName
i really wondering how to make Class.forName() call successfuf inside application TestForName.class
1. which directory is right place for ClassLib.class
2. how to change command line or java code inside TestForName.class
thx for any help.

Why don't u use a class loader. Try this code
// loader class
public class Loader extends ClassLoader {
    String path;
    public Loader(String path) {
          this.path = path;
    public Class findClass(String name) {
        byte[] b = loadClassData(path+name+".class");
        return defineClass(name, b, 0, b.length);
    private byte[] loadClassData(String name) {
        File file = new File(name);
        byte[] data = null;
        try {
            InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
            data = new byte[ (int) file.length()];
            for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                data[i] = (byte) in.read();
        catch (IOException ex) {
        file = null;
        return data;
// in your caller class use
   Loader loader = new Loader(libPath); // lib path may be taken from a command line arg
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Uditha Nagahawatta

Error in Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.driver")

Hi forum,
Please help me to solve the issue.
im using the following jsp code for genrating the reports using JASPER REPORTS
the JSP FILE
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=windows-1252"%>
<%@ page import="java.io.*"%>
<%@ page import="java.util.*"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*"%>
<%@ page import="javax.sql.DataSource"%>
<%@ page import="javax.naming.InitialContext"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JasperDesign"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.xml.JRXmlLoader"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.*" %>
<%@ page import ="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*"%>
<%@ page import ="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperFillManager"%>
<%@ page import ="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperReport"%>
<%@ page import="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JasperPrint"%>
<html>
<body bgcolor="00ffcc">
<%
try{
Connection con = null;
String url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/customer";
String username = "root";
String password = "cmsadmin";
InputStream input=new FileInputStream(new File("C:/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/NetBeansProjects/jasperreports/web/helloworld.xml"));
JasperDesign design = JRXmlLoader.load(input);
JasperReport report = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(design);
Map params = new HashMap();
params.put("reportTitle", "helloworld");
params.put("author", "Muthu Kumar");
params.put("startDate", (new java.util.Date()).toString());
params.put("ReportTitle", "PDF JasperReport");
<img class="emoticon" src="images/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" alt="" />Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");<img class="emoticon" src="images/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" alt="" /><img src="images/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" alt="" />
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,username,password);
JasperPrint print = JasperFillManager.fillReport(report, params, con);
OutputStream output=new FileOutputStream(new File("C:/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/NetBeansProjects/jasperreports/helloreportworld.pdf"));
JasperExportManager.exportReportToPdfStream(print, output);
// JasperViewer.viewReport(print);
catch(SQLException es) {
out.println(es);
catch(JRException ex){
//ex.printStackTrace();
out.println(ex);
%>
</body>
</html>The error it is saying is in the line Class.forName(....) ;
Please look for the emoctions with question mark
i DOn know what to do.
Please help
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE jasperReport
PUBLIC "-//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN"
"http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd">
<jasperReport name="helloworld">
<parameter name="reportTitle" class="java.lang.String"/>
<parameter name="author" class="java.lang.String"/>
<parameter name="startDate" class="java.lang.String"/>
<queryString>
<![CDATA[SELECT * FROM customer order by UserID ]]>
</queryString>
<field name="UserID" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="UserName" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="City" class="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="State" class="java.lang.String"/>
<title>
<band height="60">
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="10" width="500" height="40"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center">
<font size="24"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
<![CDATA[$P{reportTitle}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField>
<reportElement x="0" y="40" width="500" height="20"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Center"/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
<![CDATA["Run by: " + $P{author}
+ " on " + $P{startDate}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</title>
<columnHeader>
<band height="30">
<rectangle>
<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="500" height="25"/>
<graphicElement/>
</rectangle>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="5" y="5" width="50" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<text><![CDATA[UserID]]></text>
</staticText>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="55" y="5" width="150" height="15"/>
<text><![CDATA[UserName]]></text>
</staticText>
<staticText>
<reportElement x="205" y="5" width="255" height="15"/>
<text><![CDATA[City, State]]></text>
</staticText>
</band>
</columnHeader>
<detail>
<band height="20">
<textField>
<reportElement x="5" y="0" width="50" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
<![CDATA[$F{UserID}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField>
<reportElement x="55" y="0" width="150" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
<![CDATA[$F{UserName}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField>
<reportElement x="205" y="0" width="255" height="15"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String">
<![CDATA[$F{City} + ", " + $F{State}]]>
</textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</detail>
</jasperReport>

Glass_Fish wrote:
I have set the classpath in the environment variables in the my computer properties.The web container has it's own properties. The "system" classpath means absolutely nothing to it. Read your server's documentation.

Question about Class.forName()

I am trying to get an instance of a class by its name. Now, I have tried both creating it with the class's actual name and with the class's name including the package path and both times I got a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: my/package/MyClass.
I am reading the name out of a properties file and that's working just fine according to my logging information btu here is the code anyway:
Properties prop = new Properties();
try{
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     prop.load(in);
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     c = Class.forName(temp);
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}catch(Exception e){
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}I deleted all the logging info from this code snippet to make it shorter. But I can tell you that the name does get read out as my.package.MyClass - and the package and class name are correct...
The entries in the properties files look like this:
myclass1=my.package.MyClass
myclass2=my.package.MyOtherClass
Can you help me fix this, please?

Is your classpath okay? I tried this:
pkg\MyClass.javapackage pkg;
public class MyClass {
    public MyClass () {
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}Test.javapublic class Test {
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}This outputsWoohoo!as expected.
Kind regards,
  Levi

Diffrence between Class.forName() and new Operator

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Also about classloader.loadclass.
Suppose the class that we are tring to load with the help of class.forname is not compiled. Again if I make changes at runtime to that class will that get reflected.

What is diffrence between class.forName() and new
operator.Please tell in much detail.Class.forName loads a class. The new operator creates a new instance. Apple trees and apples.
Also about classloader.loadclass.Read the API.
Suppose the class that we are tring to load with the
help of class.forname is not compiled.Then you can't load it and get an exception. Read the API.
Again if I
make changes at runtime to that class will that get
reflected.Depends on the changes and when exactly you do them.

Jgalcambra/or any one i need ur help please...

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in my project i use jsp as my front end , database is mssql , web server is apache tomcat........am also using servelts along with these jsp ....
even tomcat is running i am able to open jsp files....
in my project i mean in the front end there is login page for user id & pass word.....when i enter values in those fields i am not able to login..
i am getting an errorpage sayin incorrect login which is designed by me only... i have already haviv these user name & password in my my database.... login page has to basically verify the input values whatever we give with these database values & go to next page but this is not happening....i am not gettin any sort of syntax error....can u please help me in fixin this problem

i checked out all these things...the data is being retrieved from the database and the parameters being passed are also being assigned properly...the two values are not being compared properly and hence access is not allowed...the same code worked on a different system..here is the code....
the following is the servlet:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class ELogin extends HttpServlet
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        String s2 = httpservletrequest.getParameter("dep");
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            SimpleDateFormat simpledateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("h:mm a");
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                pass1 = resultset1.getString(2);
                Dep1 = resultset1.getString(3);
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                    httpsession.setMaxInactiveInterval(0x3938700);
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    static String pass1;
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    static String pass2;
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<html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Activity </title>
<script language="javascript" >
function showText()
var thetime=new Date();
var nhours = <%= todayDate.getHours()%>;
var nmins = <%= todayDate.getMinutes()%>;
var nsecn = <%= todayDate.getSeconds()%>;
var AorP=" ";
/*if (nhours>=12)
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else
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if (nhours>=25)
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if (nhours==0)
nhours=12;
if (nsecn<10)
nsecn="0"+nsecn;
if (nmins<10)
nmins="0"+nmins;
if (nhours<10)
nhours="0"+nhours;
document.clockform.clockStart.value=nhours+":"+nmins+":"+nsecn+" "+AorP;
document.getElementById("time").style.display = '';
</script>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
function startclock()
var thetime=new Date();
var nhours=thetime.getHours();
var nmins=thetime.getMinutes();
var nsecn=thetime.getSeconds();
var AorP=" ";
/*if (nhours>=12)
    AorP="P.M.";
else
    AorP="A.M.";*/
if (nhours>=25)
    nhours-=24;
if (nhours==0)
nhours=12;
if (nsecn<10)
nsecn="0"+nsecn;
if (nmins<10)
nmins="0"+nmins;
document.clockform.clockEnds.value=nhours+":"+nmins+":"+nsecn+" "+AorP;
setTimeout('startclock()',1000);
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</head>
<body background="background1.JPG" onLoad="startclock()">
<font face= "verdana" size="4" color=#804000>Version 1</font> <br><br>
<%   String userName = (String)session.getAttribute("Empname");
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<form name="clockform"><br><br>
<font face= "verdana" size="4" color=#400000>
<div style="position:absolute; left:30px; top:120px; width:750px; height:323px;">
Current Time:</font><font size="2" color=#400000> <%= todayDate %></font><br><br><br><br><br><br>
'<%=depName%>'
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<INPUT TYPE="text" name="user" size="12" value = '<%=userName%>' style="visibility:hidden" >
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<font face= "verdana" size="4" color=#400000>
<center><table>
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<div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:10px; width:750px; height:323px;">
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<div style="position:absolute; left:350px; top:10px; width:750px; height:323px;">
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<div style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:50px; width:750px; height:323px;">Activity Type</div>
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         Statement st = con.createStatement();
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       <% while(rs.next())
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            while(z.hasMoreTokens())
          {%>
              <option><%=z.nextToken()%></option>
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</select></div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:90px; width:750px; height:323px;">Started Time</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:90px; width:750px; height:323px;">
<input type=text name="clockStart" id="time"   size="6" style="display:none" readonly></div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:130px; width:750px; height:323px;">End Time</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:130px; width:750px; height:323px;">
<INPUT TYPE="text" name="clockEnds" size="6" readonly>
</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:170px; width:750px; height:323px;">Comments</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:170px; width:750px; height:323px;">
<textarea name="comment" cols="50" rows="6" > </textarea>
</div><br><br><br>
<div style="position:absolute; left:145px; top:290px; width:750px; height:323px;">
<input type=button TITLE="Click here to add ur record" name="add" value=" ADD " onClick="submitAddfunction()" >
<input type="button" TITLE="View Records" name="view" value="View"                onClick="javascript:window.open('http://10.32.244.169:8082/Activity/XlEmployeeReports.jsp');">
<input type=button name="logout" value=" Logout " onClick="submitLogfunction()">
</div>
</table>
</center>
</font>
</div>
</form>
from the jsp page U R accessing servlet & in servlet comparision is taking place..............
thanks in advance
</body>
</html>

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int p_rating;
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%>
<%
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conn = "jdbc:mysql://server/md_portfolio?user=user&password=password";
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        while (value[i] > 5)
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SQLResult.close();
SQLStatement.close();
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Message was edited by:
JamesMorgan

Thankyou it has kinda given me what i want.
I have chanegd the code slightly to output like this for testing purposes:
out.println("ID: " + portfolio_id + "<br>");
out.println("Rating: " + p_rating + "<br>");//to be reomved once completed
while (p_rating < 5) {
            p_rating++;
             out.println("* ");
          out.println("<br>");
          out.println("--------------------<br>");which output this
ID: 1
Rating: 2
ID: 2
Rating: 2
ID: 3
Rating: 2
ID: 4
Rating: 3
--------------------However if you see it ouputs the number of stars left not the actual rating its self.
Any idea. i have changed the operators of the loop i.e. <= >= etc and has no luck. if i change it to -- not ++ then the pages just continuously fills with stars.
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