Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/rpc/Service

Question

Hi,
I have created client stubs for a webservice using axis wsdl2java tool. When I try calling these stubbed methods from JUnit tests, they are working fine but when I try to execute the jar (it is a swing) I get the following exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/rpc/Service
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
        at com.Gudds.SeCURE.MainUI.<init>(MainUI.java:76)
        at com.Gudds.SeCURE.Main.Start(Main.java:62)
        at org.owasp.webscarab.WebScarab.main(WebScarab.java:34)I have put the jaxrpc.jar in the classpath and I suppose this jar has the java.xml.rpc.service class but I donot understand why it fails while executing the jar but works fine from the eclipse IDe. Plase help me.
Regrdas,
Kundan

Answer 1

1. Build jar file with MAINFEST.MF and Export of Eclipse , which has content:
suppose in folder:
c:\client.jar ( client of web service )
c:\contrib/lib/ axis apis
Main-Class: com.MainClassName
Class-Path: contrib\axis\jaxrpc.jar contrib\axis\activation.jar con
trib\axis\axis.jar contrib\axis\axis.jar contrib\axis\commons-disco
very.jar contrib\axis\wsdl4j.jar contrib\axis\saaj.jar contrib\axi
s\soap.jar contrib\axis\commons-logging.jar contrib\axis\log4j.jar
contrib\axis\mail.jar
2. build jar with ant: make sure the their are at least one blank between
values of Class-Path.
          <jar destfile="../Client/client.jar" >
               <fileset dir="${build.dir}"/>
          <manifest>
          <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/>
               <attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.MainClass"/>
          <attribute name="Class-Path" value=" contrib\axis\jaxrpc.jar contrib\axis\activation.jar .. "/>
          </manifest>
          </jar>
3. If you haven't pack you class file in jar, create a bat to set CLASSPATH
exactly to all jars.
Hope this helps