ClassPathXmlApplicationContext problem !!

[shtek]

Please help !!!!!

I have a very simple standalone Java console app helloWorld with Spring.
it wirks when I create BeanFactory but does not when I create ApplicationContext
why?
if I uncomment first 2 lines and comment the third it works, otherwise I get the expetion I will attach, I also attach applicationContext.xml fiel that resides in my root directory and placed on the CLASSPATH

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import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFacto ry;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;


import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

public class Hello {

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {


//1 ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("applicationContext.xml");
//2 BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(resource);
ApplicationContext beanFactory = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String("applicationContext.xml"));
}
}
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applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
<beans>
<bean id="story" class="Story">
<property name="title">
<value>Never ending story</value>
</property>
</bean>


</beans>

---exception:

25-Dec-2008 12:24:39 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext@54172f: display name [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext@54172f]; startup date [Thu Dec 25 12:24:39 GMT 2008]; root of context hierarchy
25-Dec-2008 12:24:39 org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefin itionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [applicationContext.xml]
25-Dec-2008 12:24:39 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext obtainFreshBeanFactory
INFO: Bean factory for application context [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext@54172f]: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultL istableBeanFactory@16a9d42
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/antlr/runtime/Lexer
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknow n Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(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 org.springframework.context.expression.StandardBea nExpressionResolver.<init>(StandardBeanExpressionR esolver.java:40)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.prepareBeanFactory(AbstractApplicatio nContext.java:442)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:353)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationCon text.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlAp plicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationCon text.java:83)
at Hello.main(Hello.java:22)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.antlr.runtime.Lexer
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)
... 18 more

[Areff]

look at this
i use netbeans and i didnt see any exception!!!.

[Akumar1]

hi,

Add antlr.jar to spring Lib ,check it.

[Areff]

Hi, Akumar1
Please give more information about antlr.jar and how it works and why it is usefull for this problem .
tnx.

[alanmehio]

Areff,
This is used for language recongition; it has been used to build a tool to translate java into C and it has been used to translate the Hibernate Query langauge into SQL language in Hibernate; you can find more information at http://www.antlr.org
You can dowload it from www.antlr.org

[Areff]

Tnx Alan,
but why this is usefull for our problem .
look at this thread about my problem.

[Akumar1]

hi,




Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/antlr/runtime/Lexer,so the grammar of your applicationContext.xml file may not recognized because the class def not found,so just add antlr.jar file and check,

regards,

[osantiago]

I believe you need the antlr-runtime jar, not the antlr.jar

Hope it helps

[osantiago]

You can download at You can download from http://www.findjar.com/jar/org.antlr...e-3.0.jar.html

[shtek]

Guys it worked, with run time jar. thanks alot