Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerEx

Question

When i run the command java -jar MyJar.jar i get the following errors :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.getMainClassFromJar(Unknown Source)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(Unknown Source)

What errors are these ? What could be the reason i am getting these errors ?

Before I packed the packages in a jar file the scene was :

Then i packed the above files along with the packages by entering :

jar -cf MyJar.jar .\Design\*.class .\InterfaceImplementation\*.class .\Interfaces\*.class .\messenger\*.class Manifest.MF RemoteMethodImpl_Stub.class

NOTE : When i unpack the jar file there is a folder named META-INF which also contains MANIFEST.MF but not the name of main class.

The content of my MANIFEST.MF : Main-Class : messenger.Messenger also tried by putting a forward slash

Answer 1

To add the jar is not enough to include it in the files, you have to use the m option, like

jar cmf myManifestFile myFile.jar *.class

according to jar documentation. The order of the options m and f has to match the order of the parameters for the name of the MANIFEST file and the jar file.

Take into account this warning too: An existing manifest file must end with a new line character. jar does not parse the last line of a manifest file if it does not end with a new line character.

Answer 2

The error is obviously due to missing main class in manifest...you can specify main class in manifest like this

Main-Class: com.Main