Problem with my first "baby steps" into the Toolbox

["James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just tried to compile and run a simple Java program that instantiates an
AS400 object, and calls a method on it. And I've run into a problem.

It refused to compile unless I gave it a "-classpath
/QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar". The docs led me to
believe that this was supposed to be implicitly in the system classpath.

Then, if I call it without specifying the aforementioned classpath on the
Java call, it fails to find the AS400 class. But if I call it and I DO
specify the aforementioned classpath, it refuses to find my test class.

The source is as follows:

import com.ibm.as400.access.*;
class test01 {
   public static void main (String args[]) {
       System.out.println("I like spam!");
       AS400 as400 = new AS400("localhost");
       System.out.println("CCSID = " + as400.getCcsid());
   }
}

I compiled it with:
    javac -classpath /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar
test01.java

If I call it as:
    java test01

I get:
    I like spam!
    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ibm/as400/access/AS400
          test01.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+8 (test03.java:5)

If I call it as:
    java -classpath /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar test01

I get:
    Attaching Java program to /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar.
    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: test01


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MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

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JHHL
"If only getting Java to work on the 400 were as straightforward as coding
in MI . . . ."