need help in resolving an error in runing my program 2

[cal555]

Hi, I am a contractor an dth earea that I am in i sgoing Java, so I am trying to learn Java. I got a book and am trying to run a basic first program. But when I run the program I get this message:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Saluton/Java
and the prrogram in the book that is being used is:
class Saluton {
public static void main (String[] arguments){
String greeting = "Salutation mondo!";
System.out.println(greeting);
}
}
I am using the jdk1.5.0_08 for the development program
If anyone has any ideas as to what I ma doing wrong I would really appreciate it.
Thank You

 

[stefanwagner]

Do you start your program with:

# wrong:
java Saluton.java

or
# right:
java Saluton

?
Did you compile it?

# right:
javac Saluton.java


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[Miros]

My development environment produces almost the same stub for the main routine.

public class NameOfMyClass 
{
    
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        // do stuff here      
        
    }
}

Yes, you need to compile it:

javac Saluton.java

and run it with the correct parameters:

java Saluton

I repeated this to show the correct order of operations.

 

[cal555]

Hi, Thanks
I did not know that you had compile it one way and run it another, so this was a big help, bUt now I get the following when I compile it:
error: cannot read: Saluton.java
What does this mean. I worte the code as it is in the book.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Make sure your class is [tt]public[/tt].

[red]public[/red] class Saluton {
[gray]// ...[/gray]
}

Feherke.

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[Diancecht]

Here you have a complete explanation :

http://forums.dreamincode.net/showtopic14860.htm

It's strange a Java book does not mention you need to compile a program or how to do it. I'd have a look at the first chapter to check it's not here and if it isn't, I'd throw away that book and swith to an online tutorial.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[cal555]

No they do mention compiling it but they were not clear as you were about it, and I thought that the way I was doing it compiled and ran it at the same time. Anyway thanks ereyin for all you r help and the foum information this really helped.
Thank You