I've tried the possibilities proposed by you but it didn't work. Could it be that its because the class DefaultCompilerAdapter is within ant.jar and aspectjtools.jar?
But i can't leave aspectjtools.jar because it contains the class Ajc which is required. Can anyone help? Dominique Devienne-2 wrote: > > On 10/11/07, Roland Piazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I try to run the aspectj-compiler with ant but it gives me the following >> error: >> >> A class needed by class org.aspectj.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.Ajc can >> not >> be found: >> org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/compilers/DefaultCompilerAdapter >> >> >> This class is contained within the file ant.jar which also is in a >> lib-folder which is added to the path. >> >> I don't know how to go on, hope that someone can help me about this? >> >> I attach my build file... http://www.nabble.com/file/p13155870/build.xml >> build.xml > > Sounds like a classloader issue (just a guess). You don't specify a > classpath when you taskdef Ajc, which implies that it's on the Java > classpath, while Ant's classes are loaded from a classloader "higher" > level classloader. > > <taskdef name="ajc" > classname="org.aspectj.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.Ajc"> > </taskdef> > > I thought Ant set the context class loader to its classloader, so Ajc > should be able to see the Ant classes... Are you sure you are not > mixing up several versions of Ant on the classpath? > > Try running Ant with the switch to disables the use of a global > CLASSPATH, and explicitly tell Ant where the jar for Ajc is, either: > (1) in the taskdef, (2) via -lib on the command line, or (3) by > putting the jar in $ANT_HOME/lib. If none of these methods work, > that's a more difficult issue likely related to a bad classpath (or > issues in Ajc). --DD > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/searching-help-for%3A-class-org-apache-tools-ant-taskdefs-compilers-DefaultCompilerAdapter-can-not-be-found-tf4607267.html#a13365206 Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]