Error on my first plugin

Can someone help point me in the right direction?

I know it's dumb and probably an easy fix I just don't know what it means and googling returned nothing for me.

Jan 31, 2011 12:41:02 PM org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager loadPlugins
SEVERE: Could not load plugins\Basic.jar in plugins: name is not defined
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: name is not defined
at org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile.loadMap(PluginDescriptionFile.java:114)
at org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile.<init>(PluginDescriptionFile.java:29)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:68)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:117)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:82)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:43)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:153)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:140)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:104)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:181)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:512)

And yes, this is a modified version of 'Basic' the tutorial by Samkio, which I am very grateful for.

 

Pls post the whole code or attach the source, else we can't really help you

but maybe you got some Paths wrong? It says name is ot definded, I don't know much but i think this could be the problem^^

 

Check the names of your class files, and make sure your plugin.yml points to your main class.

 

Hah sorry, I'm a noob to this I know. I'll attach the source later. Thanks for the reply!!

Will do! Thanks a lot for the help! Hopefully this works.
--- merged: Feb 1, 2011 1:35 AM ---
You guys are gonna laugh at me...

Whats the best way to attach my source code? :/

 

I bet it's just your plugin.yml, copy and paste it to here quoted as "Code".

 

Thx, here it is:

Code:

Name: Basic
Main: com.bukkit.seed419.basic.Basic
Version: 1.00

 

The keys are case sensitive and should be lower-case, as 'name', 'main', and 'version'.

 

There's your problem.

 

Hmm getting a different error now

Feb 1, 2011 12:07:08 PM org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager loadPlugins
SEVERE: Could not load plugins\Basic.jar in plugins: null
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:86)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:117)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:82)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:43)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:153)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:140)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:104)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:181)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:512)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bukkit.seed419.basic.Basic
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:30)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:80)
... 8 more

btw thank you guys a million for helping me. I have no one else to ask really :/

 

Maybe your main is also incorrect?
Isn't it: com.bukkit.seed419.Basic.Basic

 

Check to make sure the name of the package is com.bukkit.seed419.basic, and that your main class is named Basic.

It's basically saying that it can't find the class you specified, due to it not existing or being named improperly.