Java Development

[tomgibson]

I have a simple project that I have set up using the BlackBerry 7.1 SDK, there are no external dependencies.

Almost without fail, every other time I hit 'Run on BlackBerry Simulator' I get an error similar to the following:

Packaging project BlackBerryApplication
C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\bin\rapc.exe -convertpng -quiet codename=deliverables\Standard\7.1.0\BlackBerryApplication -sourceroot=D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\src;D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\res;D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication -import=C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\lib\net_rim_api.jar deliverables\Standard\7.1.0\BlackBerryApplication.rapc D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\bin
JAR file creation failed with error -1
The preverified classes if any are in tmp28761. See jar log of errors in C:\Users\t_gibson\AppData\Local\Temp\rapc_71af6d24.dir\jarlog.txt 
Error!: Error: preverifier failed: C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\bin\preverify.exe -d C:\Users\ ...
Packaging project BlackBerryApplication failed (took 0.584 seconds) 

It doesn't matter if I clean project or clean simulator I still get the same error every other compile. Does anyone have any idea what could cause this? If I hit 'Run on BlackBerry Simulator' straight after the error it works fine.

I'm using the 9900 simulator with Eclipse 3.7.2 and the BlackBerry SDK 7.1.0.10. The plugin version is 2.0.0.201207181003.

Thanks!

EDIT: I should clarify that when I say cleaning the project doesn't make any difference, what I mean is that cleaning the project once means it compiles OK next time, but unless it is cleaned again after the first compile, compiling a second time will fail. So although cleaning the project before every compile would cause it to compile every time, this doesn't solve the problem in that there is still something left in an inconsistent state after a successful compile.

[crispyoz]

If you refresh the project before you run does this resolve the issue?

[tomgibson]

Unfortunately refreshing doesn't make any difference.

In any case I'd prefer not to have an extra step to get it to compile I would like to understand the root cause of the problem so it can be rectified.

Please also see my edit above clarifying my meaning around project cleaning.

[crispyoz]

The reason I asked about refreshing is because I had this issue before and it took me weeks to work out the cause. The cause was that I had the output directory open in another application. Only cleaning then refreshing resolved the issue, finally I worked out that it was a windows thing that eclipse wasn't reporting.  Try using a file monitor to check if the file system is being updated so eclipse can detect the change.   On windows you an use filemon.

[tomgibson]

Ah OK, thanks for that suggestion I'll try it out and report back!

[tomgibson]

Hi, I used procmon to see what applications were accessing the directory in question, but in both cases the only applications were eclipse.exe, java.exe, preverify.exe and rapc.exe

Any other suggestions? I've also tried the same project on another PC but I have the same problem.

Interestingly the error log file that should exists at C:\Users\t_gibson\AppData\Local\Temp\rapc_71af6d24.dir\jarlog.txt doesn't exist, there are no rapc_ folders in Temp.

[tomgibson]

Anyone else got any thoughts?

[crispyoz]

Have you tried running in administration mode?

[tomgibson]

I've tried with and without administrator rights. I think it must be something specific to the project configuration as I don't have the same problem with the sample project from the public git samples I am using.

[tomgibson · Accepted solution]

I have determined the source of the problem was an incorrect setting in the project configuration that I made when I created the project, I had mistakenly added the project's root folder to the source folders on build path option. The error in the rapc.exe line is highlighted below

Packaging project BlackBerryApplication
C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\bin\rapc.exe -convertpng -quiet codename=deliverables\Standard\7.1.0\BlackBerryApplication -sourceroot=D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\src;D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\res;D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication -import=C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\lib\net_rim_api.jar deliverables\Standard\7.1.0\BlackBerryApplication.rapc D:\Git\BlackBerry Application\BlackBerryApplication\bin
JAR file creation failed with error -1
The preverified classes if any are in tmp28761. See jar log of errors in C:\Users\t_gibson\AppData\Local\Temp\rapc_71af6d24.dir\jarlog.txt 
Error!: Error: preverifier failed: C:\Eclipse\plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack7.1.0_7.1.0.10\components\bin\preverify.exe -d C:\Users\ ...
Packaging project BlackBerryApplication failed (took 0.584 seconds)