Java classpath for my self contained MacOS java app does not work

In a nutshell, the classpath that I'm setting in Info.plist does not seem to work. I continue to get an error saying that jar files pointed to by the classpath cannot be found.

Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong . I put the jar files in :

MakinaCraftApp.app/Contents/Resources/Java

I've even tried referencing the jar file directly with an absolute classpath but it still doesn't work. It is almost as if my app is prohibited from having access to jar file referenced by a classpath.

Is there some type of permission I do not know about? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

This is my Info.plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>bin/MakinaCraftApp</string>
    <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
    <string>MachinaWJavaApp (1)1.0, Copyright {user} 2004. All rights reserved.</string>
    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
    <string>6.0</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
    <string>MachinaWJavaApp (1).icns</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>MakinaCraft</string>
    <key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>MachinaWJavaApp2</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>APPL</string>
    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
    <string>????</string>
    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
    <string>1.0.1</string>
    <key>Java</key>
    <dict>
        <key>MainClass</key>
        <string>com.noatechnologies.machinawjava.MachinaWJavaApp</string>
        <key>StartOnMainThread</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Arguments</key>
        <array/>
        <key>ClassPath</key>
        <string>$JAVAROOT/gluegen_rt:$JAVAROOT/gluegen_rt_natives_macosx_universal:$JAVAROOT/jogl_all:$JAVAROOT/jogl_all_natives_macosx_universal:$JAVAROOT/jogamp_fat.jar</string>
    </dict>
</dict>

</plist>