Dependency exists but throwing ClassNotFoundException

Question

I have added maven dependency to Pom.xml and I can see the class exists in Maven dependencies but when I run the application it is throwing ClassNotFoundException.

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Answer 1

looks like your using Eclipse.

Go to your project path in command line and execute mvn eclipse:eclipse.

If you don't have Maven installed locally you can download it from here

Answer 2

Sometimes Java will report that it cannot find a class when, in reality, an exception occurred while it tried to load the class definition into memory. This can occur if:

1. A static initializer throws an exception
2. A base class or interface is missing

Try setting a breakpoint in the DefaultDirectoryService constructor and running your application in debug mode. You should be able to see what is causing your issue.