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…rations All four files compile cleanly with javac, but the JVM cannot find com.hyfacademy.Main at runtime because the directory is named com.hyfacademy (literal dot) instead of the nested com/hyfacademy/ structure that Java package resolution requires. Verified: javac exits 0, java throws ClassNotFoundException.
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Bug on main branch: flat com.hyfacademy/ directory causes runtime ClassNotFoundException
The starter repo ships with a flat
task-1/com.hyfacademy/directory (literal dotin the folder name). The assignment spec requires proper Java package structure, so
students are expected to add
package com.hyfacademy;,package com.hyfacademy.model;, etc.The problem:
javacaccepts these package declarations regardless of where thefile sits, so compilation passes. But at runtime, the JVM looks for
com/hyfacademy/Main.class(nested directories) and fails because the.classfiles live in
com.hyfacademy/(flat, literal dot).Reproduce
Impact
Every student who correctly adds package declarations (as required) will hit this
runtime failure. It is not caused by their code — it is caused by the starter
directory structure.
Options
and add package declarations to the stub files.
directory is part of the task ("implement the correct file structure").