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unable to recognize java.lang.annotation class [message #525634]

Wed, 07 April 2010 09:51

ragini

Messages: 5
Registered: February 2010

Junior Member

I am trying to build an EJB example , however the eclipse ide does not recognize the java.lang.annotation class . I have included the org.eclipse.jdt.core.jar file in factory path for the project also i have added rt.jar in the external jar . Still the eclipse ide does not recognize the java.lang.annotation.CAn anyone help ?

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Re: unable to recognize java.lang.annotation class [message #525848 is a reply to message #525634]

Thu, 08 April 2010 00:36

Walter Harley

Messages: 847
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

ragini wrote:
> I am trying to build an EJB example , however the eclipse ide does not
> recognize the java.lang.annotation class . I have included the
> org.eclipse.jdt.core.jar file in factory path for the project also i
> have added rt.jar in the external jar . Still the eclipse ide does not
> recognize the java.lang.annotation

You do not need org.eclipse.jdt.core in the factory path. And the factory path
has nothing to do with whether the IDE would recognize a given class; the
factory path specifies where to find annotation processors. Also, you do not
need to add rt.jar, it is added automatically (because you have a JRE container
on your classpath already).

What do you mean by "does not recognize"?

And when you say "does not recognize the java.lang.annotation class", what class
do you mean? There is no such class; there is a package with that name, and
there is a class java.lang.annotation.Annotation. I am not sure which one you
mean, or whether you mean something else.

Please be more precise about exactly what you are trying and exactly what error
you are encountering.

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