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Add the InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main error to the FAQ

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Peter Reilly 21 years ago
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<code>web-inf</code> or JAR files with a lower-case
<code>meta-inf</code> directory.
</a></li>
<li><a href="#NoClassDefFoundError">
<li><a href="#InstantiationException">
I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher</code>
</code>
</a></li>
<li><a href="#NoClassDefFoundError">
I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>java.lang.InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main</code>
</a></li>
</ul>
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section, check the "Allow all upper case files names" box. The META-INF and
WEB-INF will look correct.</p>
<p class="faq">
<a name="NoClassDefFoundError"></a>
<a name="InstantiationException"></a>
I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher</code>
</code>
</p>
<p>
The cause of this is that there is an old version of ant somewhere in the
class path or configuration.
</p>
<p>
A version of this problem happens with jars that are in the classpath
that include an embedded copy of ant classes.
An example of this is some copies of weblogic.jar.
</p>
<p class="faq">
<a name="NoClassDefFoundError"></a>
I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>java.lang.InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main</code>
</p>
<p>


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</answer>
</faq>

<faq id="NoClassDefFoundError">
<faq id="InstantiationException">
<question>I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher</code>
</code>
</question>
<answer>
<p>
The cause of this is that there is an old version of ant somewhere in the
class path or configuration.
</p>
<p>
A version of this problem happens with jars that are in the classpath
that include an embedded copy of ant classes.
An example of this is some copies of weblogic.jar.
</p>
</answer>
</faq>

<faq id="NoClassDefFoundError">
<question>I installed Ant 1.6.x and now get
<code>java.lang.InstantiationException: org.apache.tools.ant.Main</code>
</question>
<answer>
<p>


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