Maven exec plugin can't find mainClass

Question

I'm trying to build a project in java and I'm struggling with maven. When I run mvn compile, everything seems to work, but when I try to run mvn exec:java the same error comes up, no matter what I do:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] 
[INFO] -------------------------< MK_Degens:32er_Bot >-------------------------
[INFO] Building 32er_Bot 1.0
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- exec-maven-plugin:1.6.0:java (default-cli) @ 32er_Bot ---
[WARNING] 
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: src.com.statsbot.Bot
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass (URLClassLoader.java:445)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:587)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:520)
    at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run (ExecJavaMojo.java:270)
    at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:833)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  0.549 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-05-09T13:51:13+02:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.6.0:java (default-cli) on project 32er_Bot: An exception occured while executing the Java class. src.com.statsbot.Bot -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException

this is my pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>MK_Degens</groupId>
    <artifactId>32er_Bot</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>

    <name>32er_Bot</name>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.telegram</groupId>
            <artifactId>telegrambots</artifactId>
            <version>6.0.1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.6.0</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>java</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <mainClass>src.com.statsbot.Bot</mainClass>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

and my .java file is in the directory src and the first line is package com.statsbot;. The class is called Bot

What do I have to do for maven to find my class?

So far I've tried running mvn exec:exec and mvn clean install and every conceivable way to put the mainClass into the pom.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '23 at 12:00

By default, your source are in src/main/java, so your class should have a package of com.statsbot.

The file should be src/main/java/com/statsbot/Bot.java, having package com.statsbot; at the beginning.

And your main class should be defined in pom.xml:

<mainClass>com.statsbot.Bot</mainClass>

Maven exec plugin can't find mainClass

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