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Dijkstra Shortest Path Finder (java, written by Claude Code)

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Written by a coding agent; not on GitHubWritten 2026-02-27

01 / FAILURE SIGNATURE

Captured in a clean container

error: classes the program uses are missing from the class path it runs with

02 / ENVIRONMENT RECIPE

Base commit
3c05575109745ab5002b3a2c2f2b09900084184c
Manifest
pom.xml
Reproduce
jar=$(ls target/*-jar-with-dependencies.jar target/*-shaded.jar target/*-all.jar 2>/dev/null | head -n1); [ -n "$jar" ] || jar=$(ls -S target/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -e '/original-' -e '-sources.jar$' -e '-javadoc.jar$' -e '-tests.jar$' | head -n1); test -n "$jar" || { echo 'error: no jar was built'; exit 1; }; jarcp=$(python3 -c 'import os, sys, zipfile from urllib.parse import unquote jar = sys.argv[1] try: text = zipfile.ZipFile(jar).read("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF").decode("utf-8", "replace") except (KeyError, OSError, zipfile.BadZipFile): text = "" text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").replace("\n ", "") found = [line.split(":", 1)[1].split() for line in text.split("\n") if line.lower().startswith("class-path:")] entries = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(jar), unquote(entry)) for entry in (found[0] if found else [])] print(":".join([jar] + [entry for entry in entries if os.path.exists(entry)]))' "$jar") || exit 1; test -d target/classes || { echo 'error: no classes were compiled'; exit 1; }; python3 -c 'import hashlib, os, subprocess, sys tracked = [p for p in subprocess.run(["git", "ls-files", "-z", "--", "*.java"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode().split("\0") if p] digest = lambda p: hashlib.sha256(open(p, "rb").read()).hexdigest() own = {digest(p) for p in tracked if os.path.isfile(p)} names = {os.path.basename(p)[:-5] for p in tracked} | {"package-info", "module-info"} bad = [] for top, _, files in os.walk("target"): for name in files: path = os.path.join(top, name) if name.endswith(".java") and digest(path) not in own: bad.append(path) elif top.startswith(os.path.join("target", "classes")) and name.endswith(".class") and name[:-6].split("$")[0] not in names: bad.append(path) if bad: print("\n".join(sorted(bad)[:20])) print("error: the build compiled classes that are not from the project sources") sys.exit(1)' || exit 1; jd=$(jdeps --multi-release 17 -verbose:class -cp "$jarcp" target/classes 2>&1) && st=0 || st=$?; missing=$(printf '%s\n' "$jd" | grep 'not found' || true); if [ $st -ne 0 ]; then printf '%s\n' "$jd" | tail -n 20; echo 'error: jdeps could not read the classes'; exit 1; fi; if [ -n "$missing" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$missing"; echo 'error: classes the program uses are missing from the class path it runs with'; exit 1; fi
Run under trace
jar=$(ls target/*-jar-with-dependencies.jar target/*-shaded.jar target/*-all.jar 2>/dev/null | head -n1); [ -n "$jar" ] || jar=$(ls -S target/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -e '/original-' -e '-sources.jar$' -e '-javadoc.jar$' -e '-tests.jar$' | head -n1); test -n "$jar" || { echo 'error: no jar was built'; exit 1; }; rc=0; out=$(timeout 60 java -jar "$jar" < /dev/null 2>&1 | { head -c 1000000; cat > /dev/null; }; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}) || rc=$?; printf '%s\n' "$out"; env_error='(ModuleNotFoundError|ImportError|No module named|cannot open shared object file|DLL load failed|shared library|cannot load library|Library not loaded|Cannot find module|ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND|MODULE_NOT_FOUND|ERR_REQUIRE_ESM|compiled against a different Node|Could not find or load main class|ClassNotFoundException|NoClassDefFoundError|UnsupportedClassVersionError|UnsatisfiedLinkError|NoSuchMethodError|NoSuchFieldError|AbstractMethodError|IncompatibleClassChangeError|IllegalAccessError|ServiceConfigurationError|error while loading shared libraries|symbol lookup error|version `[^'"'"']*'"'"' not found|command not found)'; asked='(^| )[[:blank:]]*usage:|the following arguments are required|missing (required )?(argument|option|operand|parameter)|eoferror: eof when reading a line|please (provide|specify|enter)|no (input|file|directory|url|command) (specified|given|provided)'; low=${out,,}; if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then exit 0; fi; if [ $rc -ge 126 ] || [[ $out =~ $env_error ]]; then exit 1; fi; if [ $rc -eq 124 ] || [[ $low =~ $asked ]]; then exit 0; fi; if [[ $low =~ nosuchelementexception ]] && [[ $low =~ java\.util\.scanner ]]; then exit 0; fi; exit 1
Reference environment fix used for admission
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8b341e..e0f4597 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-        </plugins>
+        <plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId><version>3.5.1</version><executions><execution><phase>package</phase><goals><goal>shade</goal></goals><configuration><transformers><transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer"><mainClass>dijkstra.DijkstraPathFinder</mainClass></transformer></transformers></configuration></execution></executions></plugin></plugins>
     </build>
 </project>

03 / TASK AND FAILURE

claude-code/java-t1 #43 · read the task the agent was given
Claude Code wrote this java project from the task below. It does not run on a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine as written.

Task given to the agent:

TASK: Dijkstra Shortest Path Finder

Write a program that finds the shortest path between nodes in a weighted graph using Dijkstra's algorithm, supporting multiple graph input formats, path visualization, and batch queries.

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Accept a graph definition file as a command-line argument (support adjacency list in JSON and edge list in CSV format)
- Accept source and destination nodes via --source and --destination flags
- Implement Dijkstra's algorithm with a priority queue (min-heap) for optimal performance
- Support both directed and undirected graphs via --directed flag (default: undirected)
- Report for the shortest path: total distance/weight, the complete node sequence, and the number of edges
- Support finding shortest paths from one source to all other nodes via --all flag (single-source shortest path)
- Support negative edge weight detection: warn if negative weights are found (Dijkstra doesn't handle them correctly) and suggest using Bellman-Ford instead
- Display the path in multiple formats via --format flag: text (default, showing node sequence with edge weights), json (structured output), and dot (Graphviz DOT format for visualization)
- Support batch queries: read multiple source-destination pairs from a file via --queries flag and compute shortest paths for all pairs
- Print graph statistics: total nodes, total edges, average degree, connected components count, and graph density
- Save results as JSON with --output flag (default: shortest_path.json)
- If no input is given, generate a sample weighted graph with 15 nodes and 25 edges, find shortest paths between several pairs of nodes, and demonstrate the all-pairs output
- Handle errors: disconnected nodes (no path exists), self-loops, duplicate edges, invalid node references, and malformed graph files

Create a complete Java project for a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine with only JDK 17+ installed. Include:
- Source code
- pom.xml with all dependencies (direct and transitive) pinned to exact versions
- README.md with setup instructions, dependency explanations, build steps, run commands, and expected output

04 / LABELS

Labels checked by running the task · needs human review

misspecification
Label rules and the text that matched
[
  {
    "category": "misspecification",
    "rule": "diff.changes_existing_manifest_line",
    "source": "manifest_diff:pom.xml",
    "excerpt": "-        </plugins>\n+        <plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId><version>3.5.1</version><executions><execution><phase>package</phase><goals><goal>shade</goal></goals><configuration><transformers><transformer implementation=\"org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer\"><mainClass>dijkstra.DijkstraPathFinder</mainClass></transformer></transformers></configuration></execution></executions></plugin></plugins>"
  },
  {
    "category": "misspecification",
    "rule": "diff.java_packaging",
    "source": "manifest_diff",
    "excerpt": "        <plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId><version>3.5.1</version><executions><execution><phase>package</phase><goals><goal>shade</goal></goals><configuration><transformers><transformer implementation=\"org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer\"><mainClass>dijkstra.DijkstraPathFinder</mainClass></transformer></transformers></configuration></execution></executions></plugin></plugins>"
  }
]

Written by Claude Code (study run M1T1P43L2). It failed as written and was repaired by changing only its environment.

Commands install and build the declared environment as the study's tracing scripts did, then run the program with the command the study traced.

Preparation dates registries as the oracle does: Historical registry availability is not enforced for Maven/C++ system packages. Maven updatePolicy controls refresh frequency, not publication date.

05 / FILES

The project as the agent wrote it

2 files, exactly as written, before any repair.

pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.dijkstra</groupId>
    <artifactId>dijkstra-shortest-path-trial1</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jgrapht</groupId>
            <artifactId>jgrapht-core</artifactId>
            <version>1.5.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>2.10.1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.4.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <mainClass>dijkstra.DijkstraPathFinder</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>
src/main/java/dijkstra/DijkstraPathFinder.java
package dijkstra;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;

import org.jgrapht.Graph;
import org.jgrapht.alg.shortestpath.DijkstraShortestPath;
import org.jgrapht.graph.DefaultWeightedEdge;
import org.jgrapht.graph.SimpleDirectedWeightedGraph;
import org.jgrapht.graph.SimpleWeightedGraph;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * Dijkstra Shortest Path Finder - Trial 1 (JGraphT 1.5.2 + Gson 2.10.1)
 *
 * Finds shortest paths in weighted graphs using Dijkstra's algorithm with
 * priority queue optimization. Supports batch queries.
 */
public class DijkstraPathFinder {

    private static final Gson GSON = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();

    private Graph<String, DefaultWeightedEdge> graph;
    private boolean directed;

    public DijkstraPathFinder(boolean directed) {
        this.directed = directed;
        if (directed) {
            this.graph = new SimpleDirectedWeightedGraph<>(DefaultWeightedEdge.class);
        } else {
            this.graph = new SimpleWeightedGraph<>(DefaultWeightedEdge.class);
        }
    }

    public void addEdge(String source, String target, double weight) {
        if (weight < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Edge weight must be non-negative, got " + weight);
        }
        if (!graph.containsVertex(source)) graph.addVertex(source);
        if (!graph.containsVertex(target)) graph.addVertex(target);
        DefaultWeightedEdge edge = graph.addEdge(source, target);
        if (edge != null) {
            graph.setEdgeWeight(edge, weight);
        }
    }

    public void loadFromJson(String jsonStr) {
        JsonObject root = JsonParser.parseString(jsonStr).getAsJsonObject();
        boolean isDirected = root.has("directed") ? root.get("directed").getAsBoolean() : true;

        if (root.has("nodes")) {
            JsonArray nodes = root.getAsJsonArray("nodes");
            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++) {
                String nodeId;
                if (nodes.get(i).isJsonObject()) {
                    nodeId = nodes.get(i).getAsJsonObject().get("id").getAsString();
                } else {
                    nodeId = nodes.get(i).getAsString();
                }
                if (!graph.containsVertex(nodeId)) {
                    graph.addVertex(nodeId);
                }
            }
        }

        if (root.has("edges")) {
            JsonArray edges = root.getAsJsonArray("edges");
            for (int i = 0; i < edges.size(); i++) {
                JsonObject edge = edges.get(i).getAsJsonObject();
                String src = edge.get("source").getAsString();
                String tgt = edge.get("target").getAsString();
                double wt = edge.get("weight").getAsDouble();
                addEdge(src, tgt, wt);
                if (!isDirected && directed) {
                    // If graph is directed but data is undirected, add reverse edge
                } else if (!isDirected && !directed) {
                    // SimpleWeightedGraph handles undirected automatically
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public void loadFromFile(String filepath) throws IOException {
        String content = Files.readString(Path.of(filepath));
        loadFromJson(content);
    }

    public Map<String, Object> dijkstra(String source, String target) {
        if (!graph.containsVertex(source)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Source node '" + source + "' not found in graph");
        }

        DijkstraShortestPath<String, DefaultWeightedEdge> dijkstra =
                new DijkstraShortestPath<>(graph);

        Map<String, Object> result = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        // Compute all distances from source
        Map<String, Double> distances = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        Map<String, List<String>> paths = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        for (String vertex : graph.vertexSet()) {
            try {
                var path = dijkstra.getPath(source, vertex);
                if (path != null) {
                    distances.put(vertex, path.getWeight());
                    paths.put(vertex, path.getVertexList());
                } else {
                    distances.put(vertex, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
                    paths.put(vertex, null);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                distances.put(vertex, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
                paths.put(vertex, null);
            }
        }

        result.put("distances", distances);
        result.put("paths", paths);

        if (target != null) {
            result.put("target_distance", distances.getOrDefault(target, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
            result.put("target_path", paths.get(target));
        }

        return result;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public List<Map<String, Object>> batchShortestPaths(List<Map<String, String>> queries) {
        List<Map<String, Object>> results = new ArrayList<>();
        Map<String, Map<String, Object>> cache = new HashMap<>();

        for (Map<String, String> query : queries) {
            String source = query.get("source");
            String target = query.get("target");

            if (!cache.containsKey(source)) {
                cache.put(source, dijkstra(source, null));
            }

            Map<String, Object> dijkstraResult = cache.get(source);
            Map<String, Double> distances = (Map<String, Double>) dijkstraResult.get("distances");
            Map<String, List<String>> paths = (Map<String, List<String>>) dijkstraResult.get("paths");

            Map<String, Object> entry = new LinkedHashMap<>();
            entry.put("source", source);
            entry.put("target", target);
            entry.put("distance", distances.getOrDefault(target, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
            entry.put("path", paths.get(target));
            results.add(entry);
        }

        return results;
    }

    public Map<String, Object> getGraphStats() {
        Map<String, Object> stats = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        stats.put("num_nodes", graph.vertexSet().size());
        stats.put("num_edges", graph.edgeSet().size());
        stats.put("is_directed", directed);
        stats.put("nodes", new ArrayList<>(new TreeSet<>(graph.vertexSet())));

        int v = graph.vertexSet().size();
        int e = graph.edgeSet().size();
        double maxEdges = directed ? (double) v * (v - 1) : (double) v * (v - 1) / 2;
        double density = maxEdges > 0 ? e / maxEdges : 0.0;
        stats.put("density", Math.round(density * 10000.0) / 10000.0);

        return stats;
    }

    private static String createSampleGraphJson() {
        JsonObject root = new JsonObject();
        root.addProperty("directed", false);

        JsonArray nodes = new JsonArray();
        for (String n : new String[]{"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G"}) {
            nodes.add(n);
        }
        root.add("nodes", nodes);

        JsonArray edges = new JsonArray();
        String[][] edgeData = {
                {"A", "B", "4"}, {"A", "C", "2"}, {"B", "D", "5"}, {"B", "C", "1"},
                {"C", "D", "8"}, {"C", "E", "10"}, {"D", "E", "2"}, {"D", "F", "6"},
                {"E", "F", "3"}, {"E", "G", "1"}, {"F", "G", "7"}
        };
        for (String[] ed : edgeData) {
            JsonObject e = new JsonObject();
            e.addProperty("source", ed[0]);
            e.addProperty("target", ed[1]);
            e.addProperty("weight", Double.parseDouble(ed[2]));
            edges.add(e);
        }
        root.add("edges", edges);

        return GSON.toJson(root);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("=".repeat(60));
        System.out.println("  Dijkstra Shortest Path Finder (JGraphT + Gson)");
        System.out.println("=".repeat(60));

        DijkstraPathFinder finder = new DijkstraPathFinder(false);
        finder.loadFromJson(createSampleGraphJson());

        // Graph stats
        Map<String, Object> stats = finder.getGraphStats();
        System.out.println("\nGraph Statistics:");
        System.out.printf("  Nodes: %s%n", stats.get("num_nodes"));
        System.out.printf("  Edges: %s%n", stats.get("num_edges"));
        System.out.printf("  Directed: %s%n", stats.get("is_directed"));
        System.out.printf("  Density: %s%n", stats.get("density"));
        System.out.printf("  Vertices: %s%n", stats.get("nodes"));

        // Single query
        String sep = "\u2500".repeat(60);
        System.out.printf("%n%s%n", sep);
        System.out.println("Single Query: A -> G");
        System.out.println(sep);

        Map<String, Object> result = finder.dijkstra("A", "G");
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        List<String> path = (List<String>) result.get("target_path");
        double distance = (double) result.get("target_distance");
        System.out.printf("  Shortest distance: %.1f%n", distance);
        System.out.printf("  Path: %s%n", path != null ? String.join(" -> ", path) : "No path found");

        // All distances from A
        System.out.printf("%n%s%n", sep);
        System.out.println("All Distances from A:");
        System.out.println(sep);

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map<String, Double> distances = (Map<String, Double>) result.get("distances");
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map<String, List<String>> allPaths = (Map<String, List<String>>) result.get("paths");

        TreeMap<String, Double> sortedDist = new TreeMap<>(distances);
        for (Map.Entry<String, Double> entry : sortedDist.entrySet()) {
            String node = entry.getKey();
            double dist = entry.getValue();
            List<String> nodePath = allPaths.get(node);
            String pathStr = (nodePath != null) ? String.join(" -> ", nodePath) : "N/A";
            System.out.printf("  A -> %s: distance = %5.1f, path = %s%n", node, dist, pathStr);
        }

        // Batch queries
        System.out.printf("%n%s%n", sep);
        System.out.println("Batch Queries:");
        System.out.println(sep);

        List<Map<String, String>> queries = List.of(
                Map.of("source", "A", "target", "G"),
                Map.of("source", "A", "target", "F"),
                Map.of("source", "B", "target", "G"),
                Map.of("source", "C", "target", "F"),
                Map.of("source", "D", "target", "A"),
                Map.of("source", "G", "target", "A")
        );

        List<Map<String, Object>> batchResults = finder.batchShortestPaths(queries);
        for (Map<String, Object> r : batchResults) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            List<String> batchPath = (List<String>) r.get("path");
            double batchDist = (double) r.get("distance");
            String pathStr = (batchPath != null) ? String.join(" -> ", batchPath) : "No path";
            String distStr = Double.isInfinite(batchDist) ? "unreachable" : String.format("%.1f", batchDist);
            System.out.printf("  %s -> %s: %12s  |  %s%n", r.get("source"), r.get("target"), distStr, pathStr);
        }

        // Serialize results to JSON
        System.out.printf("%n%s%n", sep);
        System.out.println("JSON Output:");
        JsonObject output = new JsonObject();
        output.add("graph_stats", GSON.toJsonTree(stats));
        JsonArray batchArray = new JsonArray();
        for (Map<String, Object> r : batchResults) {
            JsonObject obj = new JsonObject();
            obj.addProperty("source", (String) r.get("source"));
            obj.addProperty("target", (String) r.get("target"));
            obj.addProperty("distance", (double) r.get("distance"));
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            List<String> bp = (List<String>) r.get("path");
            if (bp != null) {
                obj.add("path", GSON.toJsonTree(bp));
            }
            batchArray.add(obj);
        }
        output.add("batch_results", batchArray);
        System.out.println(GSON.toJson(output));

        System.out.println("\nDone!");
    }
}