Thrust+ Score Decoder

[Happy_Dude]

I'm stoked to have written my first Java programme so I'm sharing it with everyone.

It takes a Thrust+ score and tells you what it really is.

The score is entered at the commandline

eg

java ThrustScoreDecoder 89570

 

 

I hope someone finds it useful

thrustscoredecoder.class.gz

thrustscoredecoder.java.gz

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ThrustScoreDecoder/java

[Happy_Dude]

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ThrustScoreDecoder/java

Note the subtle use of bold in the quote

 

That should be . not /

[Tom]

thomas:

this happens when you try to start a java *source* file (.java) with java. the virtual machine will look for a class called java located in package ThrustScoreDecoder, which doesn't exist.

 

you must download the .class file and start it like this:

 

java ThrustScoreDecoder <- you mustn't enter the .class extension

[Tom]

no, the java vm prints actually out a slash, not a dot, because package names map to directory names, so java looks in directory ThrustScoreDecoder for a class named java.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Call me stupid, but I still get the error:

 

java ThrustScoreDecoder 89570

 

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ThrustScoreDecoder

 

[Tom]

i assume you downloaded the .class file, changed to the directory where you saved the .class file and tried to start it ?

 

if so, the CLASSPATH environment variable of your system doesn't contain the current directory.

 

try something like

 

java -cp . ThrustScoreDecoder

 

or update the classpath variable permanently to contain the working directory (.)

[Happy_Dude]

So did you get it working yet Thomas ?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

So did you get it working yet Thomas ?

Yup! (though I suppose I am not exactly the one this tool was meant for )

[Happy_Dude]

Cool

(though I suppose I am not exactly the one this tool was meant for )

Thats true

This is for my beat thrust contest (to be commenced at an unspecified date at some time in the future)