Question

I’m new to Scala and don’t know Java. I want to create a jar file out of a simple Scala file. So I have my HelloWorld.scala, generate a HelloWorld.jar.

Manifest.mf:

Main-Class: HelloWorld

In the console I run:

fsc HelloWorld.scala
jar -cvfm HelloWorld.jar Manifest.mf HelloWorld\$.class HelloWorld.class
java -jar HelloWorld.jar 
  => "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: HelloWorld/jar"

java -cp HelloWorld.jar HelloWorld 
  => Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: scala/ScalaObject
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:675)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:316)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:374)
    at hoppity.main(HelloWorld.scala)

Answer 1

Sample directory structure:

X:\scala\bin
X:\scala\build.bat
X:\scala\MANIFEST.MF
X:\scala\src
X:\scala\src\foo
X:\scala\src\foo\HelloWorld.scala

HelloWorld.scala:

//file: foo/HelloWorld.scala
package foo {
  object HelloWorld {
    def main(args: Array[String]) {
      println("Hello, world!")
    }
  }
}

MANIFEST.MF:

Main-Class: foo.HelloWorld
Class-Path: scala-library.jar

build.bat:

@ECHO OFF

IF EXIST hellow.jar DEL hellow.jar
IF NOT EXIST scala-library.jar COPY %SCALA_HOME%\lib\scala-library.jar .

CALL scalac -sourcepath src -d bin src\foo\HelloWorld.scala

CD bin
jar -cfm ..\hellow.jar ..\MANIFEST.MF *.*
CD ..

java -jar hellow.jar

---

In order to successfully use the -jar switch, you need two entries in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file: the main class; relative URLs to any dependencies. The documentation notes:

-jar

Execute a program encapsulated in a
JAR file. The first argument is the
name of a JAR file instead of a
startup class name. In order for this
option to work, the manifest of the
JAR file must contain a line of the
form Main-Class: classname. Here,
classname identifies the class having
the public static void main(String[]
args) method that serves as your
application’s starting point. See the
Jar tool reference page and the Jar
trail of the Java Tutorial for
information about working with Jar
files and Jar-file manifests.

When you use this option, the JAR file
is the source of all user classes,
and other user class path settings are ignored.

• java command line usage
• manifest spec

(Notes: JAR files can be inspected with most ZIP applications; I probably neglect handling spaces in directory names in the batch script; Scala code runner version 2.7.4.final .)

---

For completeness, an equivalent bash script:

#!/bin/bash

if [ ! $SCALA_HOME ]
then
    echo ERROR: set a SCALA_HOME environment variable
    exit
fi

if [ ! -f scala-library.jar ]
then
    cp $SCALA_HOME/lib/scala-library.jar .
fi

scalac -sourcepath src -d bin src/foo/HelloWorld.scala

cd bin
jar -cfm ../hellow.jar ../MANIFEST.MF *
cd ..

java -jar hellow.jar