I needed a KeyListener which also works outside a focused GUI component, so after performing research I came across the JNativeHook library. But as soon as I downloadet the ZIB file (from here) and added the jnativehook-2.1.0.jar to my Eclipse project (Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries -> Add External Jar) a Error message occurs while running a testprogramm.
Error: Could not find or load main class key.GlobalKeyListenerExample Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jnativehook/keyboard/NativeKeyListener
This is the first time where I use a external Jar, so I wanted to ask if I did something wrong, or what I need to do to solve this Problem.
My Program:
package key;
import org.jnativehook.GlobalScreen;
import org.jnativehook.NativeHookException;
import org.jnativehook.keyboard.NativeKeyEvent;
import org.jnativehook.keyboard.NativeKeyListener;
public class GlobalKeyListenerExample implements NativeKeyListener {
public void nativeKeyPressed(NativeKeyEvent e) {
System.out.println("Key Pressed: " + NativeKeyEvent.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()));
if (e.getKeyCode() == NativeKeyEvent.VC_ESCAPE) {
try {
GlobalScreen.unregisterNativeHook();
} catch (NativeHookException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public void nativeKeyReleased(NativeKeyEvent e) {
System.out.println("Key Released: " + NativeKeyEvent.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()));
}
public void nativeKeyTyped(NativeKeyEvent e) {
System.out.println("Key Typed: " + e.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
GlobalScreen.registerNativeHook();
}
catch (NativeHookException ex) {
System.err.println("There was a problem registering the native hook.");
System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
System.exit(1);
}
GlobalScreen.addNativeKeyListener(new GlobalKeyListenerExample());
}
}
I've experienced the same problem.
The solution for me was to put the JNativeHook.jar
in the classpath
, instead of the modulepath
.