using comm package

[Abhishek]

please, can anybody explain the following exception result to me.

new here is the name of the file i am using.i am new to java so it is
being difficult for me to understand.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: new


also i am trying to make an applet read the data from weighing machine
through comm port. i am using the comm api for the sun website. i
started with the simpleread.java which comes with the package, but it
is difficult for me to convert into an applet. please can anybody
help. i am giving the source code as below. also the platform i am
using is javasdk1.5 beta.


/*
* @(#)SimpleRead.java 1.12 98/06/25 SMI
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.comm.*;

public class SimpleRead implements Runnable, SerialPortEventListener {
static CommPortIdentifier portId;
static Enumeration portList;

InputStream inputStream;
SerialPort serialPort;
Thread readThread;

public static void main(String[] args) {
portList = CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifiers();

while (portList.hasMoreElements()) {
portId = (CommPortIdentifier) portList.nextElement();
if (portId.getPortType() ==
CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL) {
if (portId.getName().equals("COM2")) {
// if (portId.getName().equals("/dev/term/a")) {
SimpleRead reader = new SimpleRead();
}
}
}
}

public SimpleRead() {
try {
serialPort = (SerialPort) portId.open("SimpleReadApp",
2000);
} catch (PortInUseException e) {}
try {
inputStream = serialPort.getInputStream();
} catch (IOException e) {}
try {
serialPort.addEventListener(this);
} catch (TooManyListenersException e) {}
serialPort.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
try {
serialPort.setSerialPortParams(2400,
SerialPort.DATABITS_8,
SerialPort.STOPBITS_1,
SerialPort.PARITY_NONE);
} catch (UnsupportedCommOperationException e) {}
readThread = new Thread(this);
readThread.start();
}

public void run() {
try {
Thread.sleep(20000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
}

public void serialEvent(SerialPortEvent event) {
switch(event.getEventType()) {
case SerialPortEvent.BI:
case SerialPortEvent.OE:
case SerialPortEvent.FE:
case SerialPortEvent.PE:
case SerialPortEvent.CD:
case SerialPortEvent.CTS:
case SerialPortEvent.DSR:
case SerialPortEvent.RI:
case SerialPortEvent.OUTPUT_BUFFER_EMPTY:
break;
case SerialPortEvent.DATA_AVAILABLE:
byte[] readBuffer = new byte[20];

try {
while (inputStream.available() > 0) {
int numBytes = inputStream.read(readBuffer);
}
System.out.print(new String(readBuffer));
} catch (IOException e) {}
break;
}
}
}