how to set main class in SBT 0.13 project
Could you guys please explain to me how to set main class in SBT project ? I'm trying to use version 0.13.
My directory structure is very simple (unlike SBT's documentation). In the root folder I have build.sbt
with following content
name := "sbt_test"
version := "1.0"
scalaVersion := "2.10.1-local"
autoScalaLibrary := false
scalaHome := Some(file("/Program Files (x86)/scala/"))
mainClass := Some("Hi")
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
"org.scalatest" % "scalatest_2.10" % "2.0.M5b" % "test"
)
EclipseKeys.withSource := true
And I have subfolder project
with single file Hi.scala
which contains following code
object Hi {
def main(args: Array[String]) = println("Hi!")
}
I'm able to compile it by calling sbt compile
but sbt run
returns
The system cannot find the file C:\work\externals\sbt\bin\sbtconfig.txt.
[info] Loading project definition from C:\work\test_projects\sbt_test\project
[info] Set current project to sbt_test (in build file:/C:/work/test_projects/sbt_test/)
java.lang.RuntimeException: No main class detected.
at scala.sys.package$.error(package.scala:27)
[trace] Stack trace suppressed: run last compile:run for the full output.
[error] (compile:run) No main class detected.
[error] Total time: 0 s, completed Apr 8, 2013 6:14:41 PM
Solution 1:
You need to put your application's source in src/main/scala/
, project/
is for build definition code.
Solution 2:
Try to use an object and extend it from App instead of using class
object Main extends App {
println("Hello from main scala object")
}
Solution 3:
Here is how to specify main class
mainClass in (Compile,run) := Some("my.fully.qualified.MainClassName")
Solution 4:
For custom modules in SBT (0.13), just enter on the SBT console:
project moduleX
[info] Set current project to moduleX (in build file:/path/to/Projects/)
> run
[info] Running main
to switch scope to moduleX, as define in Built.scala. All main classes within that scope will be detected automatically. Otherwise you get the same error of no main class detected. For God's sake, SBT does not tell you that the default scope is not set. It has nothing to do with default versus non default source folders but only with SBT not telling anything that it doesn't know which module to use by default.
Big Hint to typesafe: PLEASE add a default output like:
[info] Project module is not set. Please use ''project moduleX'' set scope
or set in Built file (LinkToDocu)
at the end of SBT start to lower the level of frustration while using SBT on multi module projects.....