Wrong name message when trying to add an Eclipse workspace/project to Robocode

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Wrong name message when trying to add an Eclipse workspace/project to Robocode

Hello, all. I'm brand new to Robocode (and using wiki discussions to ask questions), so please forgive me if this question has been answered before and if I'm going about asking it the wrong way.

I'm trying to integrate the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, version Helios Service Release 2, using JDK1.6.0_24, with Robocode version 1.7.3.5, in Windows 7.

I followed the instructions in the wiki for adding an Eclipse robot project, but no matter what I've tried I get the following error message (or one like it, depending on how I configured my project and how I reference it in Robocode):

Got an error with MyFirstRobot.bmu.MyFirstRobot: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: MyFirstRobot/bmu/MyFirstRobot (wrong name: bmu/MyFirstRobot)

My project name is MyFirstRobot, my package name is bmu, and my robot class name is MyFirstRobot. I've tried both of the "Use project folder as root for sources and class files" and "Create seperate folders for sources and class files" settings when creating the project. In the Robocode/Options/Preferences/Development Options tab, I've tried adding my workspace folder and/or child folders to the .class containing folder, all to no avail.

This problem also occurs when I try to run my project from Eclipse as described in another related wiki page.

Any ideas? (And thanks in advance!)

Burbanski16:07, 18 March 2012

Problem solved. There may have been more then one thing wrong, but I think at this point, it had mostly to do with which folder(s) I was adding in the Robocode/Options/Preferences/Development Options tab. I believe that initially I misread the label on the tab, and I added just my Eclipse workspace root, thinking it would look for all robots in all projects in the workspace. When that didn't work, I added the project folder that actually contained my robot .class file (e.g. when using "Use project folder as root for sources and class files", then C:\workspace\project\package\class, or when using "Create separate folders for sources and class files", then C:\workspace\project\bin\package\class). I figured out that you must add the project folder that contains the package (which might not always be the project root folder as suggested in the label; e.g. when using "Use project folder as root for sources and class files", then C:\workspace\project, or when using "Create seperate folders for sources and class files", then C:\workspace\project\bin).

Burbanski10:31, 19 March 2012