ClassNotFoundException: software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentials

[bootham13]

I get above exception when I try to establish docDB api connection. I have defined below method for awsCredentials to authenticate. when It reaches to this method, I receive above exception. This code works when I call it from within the same package this code is in, it establishes the api connection. But when I make a same call from a different package, I get the above exception. Below are the snippets of code:

I have the auth-2.30.jar in both the packages.
import references all pass and no exception when built.

`import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
AwsCredentialsProvider getAwsCredentialsProvider() throws Exception {

    AwsSecretsManagerConfig conf = null;
    try {
        conf = this.ds.getAwsSecretsManagerConfig();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new Exception("failed Connection");               
    }
    String accessId = "";
    String secreteAccessKey = "";
    try {
        accessId = conf.getDecryptedAccessId();
    } catch (Exception e1) {
        throw new throw new Exception("failed Connection");
    }
    try {
        secreteAccessKey = conf.getDecryptedSecretAccessKey();
    } catch (Exception e1) {
        throw new Exception("failed Connection");
    }
    
    //get aws connection configuration
    AwsSecretManagerConnectionConfig connectConfig = new AwsSecretManagerConnectionConfig(accessId,secreteAccessKey,conf.getAuthType(),datasource.getRegionName(),conf.getRoleArn());
    String awsVariables = "accessId: " + accessId + " ,secreteAccessKey: " + secreteAccessKey +
                " ,conf.getAuthType(): " + conf.getAuthType() + " ,ds.getRegionName(): " 
            + ds.getRegionName() + " ,conf.getRoleArn(); " + conf.getRoleArn(); 
    System.out.println("inside db class method getAwsCredentialsProvider awsVariables - " + awsVariables);
    return AWSAuthenticationUtil.buildAWSCredentialsProvider(connectConfig);
}` 

calling function:
DocDbClient getDocDbConnection() throws DataSourceConnectException { credentialsProvider = getAwsCredentialsProvider(); return getDocDbConnection(credentialsProvider); }
exception thrown:
Exception stacktrace : Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentials at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:610) ~[?:1.8.0] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:948) ~[?:2.9 (09-08-2023)] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:893) ~[?:2.9 (09-08-2023)] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:353) ~[?:1.8.0] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:876) ~[?:2.9 (09-08-2023)] ... 11 more

[bootham13]

never mind figured it out.

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