NoClassDefFoundError exception occurs when Java Virtual Machine is not able to find a
particular class at runtime which was available during compile time. for example if
we have a method call from a class or accessing any static member of a Class and that
class is not available during run-time then JVM will throw NoClassDefFoundError.

It is important to understand that this is different than ClassNotFoundException which
comes while trying to load a class (by using Class.forName()) at run-time only and name
was provided during runtime not on compile time.

To solve this :
• Please check if the required Jar file is there in classpath by printing the classpath
 as follows"system.getParamter("classpath");" Or ECHO classpath in Server start up file.
 
• Please get and add the Jar file to class path as shown in above question.

java -cp yourJar.jar yourClass

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