I am taking a course on Coursera and as part of a quiz I am supposed to download their xyz.class and run it. I want to do it in eclipse as all of jar files are added in eclipse and I dont want to modify the class path of system as it is very untidy.
But I dont know how to run a external .class file through?Can anyone help me with that?
Why do you want to run it in Eclipse ?
java classname
souhld do the trick. You can't use Eclipse to run an external class file with a main method without creatin a java project with this class in its class path.
Error: Could not find or load main class classname.class. '.class' should not be the part of that command ;)
Right-click your Eclipse project, Build Path, Configure Build Path, Libraries, Add (External?) Class Folder.
Just run
java xyz
eclipse might not required.
If you want to really work out through the eclipse then refer How do I include .class files in my project in Eclipse? (Java) answer.
There is another way of approach without using eclipse.
Approach is by creating a executable jar file and by including all required libraries & xyz.class.
Right click on the class file from the Package Explorer -> Run.
goto file >> new project >> Import>> add executable jar files >> select your path where you have stored your .class files>> check include in work place
apply>> ok >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Done
