error: expected class or object definition

Question

I have this (smart code):

import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._
import com.mongodb.casbah.util.bson.conversions._
RegisterJodaTimeConversionHelpers() //error

object Main {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val connection = MongoConnection()
  }
}

I get an error:

error: expected class or object definition
RegisterJodaTimeConversionHelpers()

I have to use this RegisterJodaTimeConversionHelpers() (2.2. Briefly: Automatic Type Conversions), but there's always this error message. Any ideas?

Savoyard

Answer 1

You have to write this line of code somewhere it can be executed. How about in your main method instead?

object Main {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    RegisterJodaTimeConversionHelpers()
    val connection = MongoConnection()
  }
}

Articulator

Hi. No this is not helping. If I copy that in the Main ill get the error: class file needed by ValidDateOrNumericTypeHolder is missing. because there JodaTime wasnt registred. – Savoyard

It is not "because there JodaTime wasnt registred", it is because you are missing some dependencies on your classpath. – Articulator