Class Not Found Exception when running JUnit test

Question

I am getting this error when running JUnit test in Eclipse:

Class not found com.myproject.server.MyTest
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.myproject.serve         


        

Answer 1

Earlier, in this case, I always did mvn eclipse:eclipse and restarted my Eclipse and it worked. After migrating to GIT, it stopped working for me which is somewhat weird.

Basic problem here is Mr Eclipse does not find the compiled class. Then, I set the output folder as Project/target/test-classes which is by default generated by mvn clean install without skipping the test and proceeded with following workaround:

Option 1: Set classpath for each test case

Eclipse ->Run ->Run Configurations ->under JUnit->select mytest -> under classpath tab->Select User Entries->Advanced->Add Folder -> Select ->Apply->Run

Option 2: Create classpath variable and include it in classpath for all the test cases

Eclipse ->Windows ->Classpath Variables ->New->[Name : Junit_test_cases_cp | path : ]->ok Then go to Eclipse->Run ->Run Configurations ->JUnit->select mytest ->under classpath tab ->Select User Entries->Advanced->Add classpath variables->Select Junit_test_cases_cp->ok->Apply->Run

This is the only thing currently working for me after trying all the suggestions online.