Re: Help with Java Packages

Hi

I would appreciate your help with Java Packages. I understand the
concept but am having trouble make it work as shown in the example
below (adapted from Thinking in Java book). I am using J2SE 1.5 and
Windows XP Professional.

My CLASSPATH includes the absolute pathname, represented by <A>, to a
directory A. In A, I have a subdirectory "music". In subdirectory
music, I have the 4 .java files as follows:

<A>/music/Note.java
<A>/music/Instrument.java
<A>/music/Wind.java
<A>/music/Music.java

The contents of each of these files are as follows:

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// <A>/music/Note.java:

package music;

public enum Note {
    MIDDLE_C, C_SHARP, B_FLAT;
}
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//<A>/music/Instrument.java:

package music;

class Instrument {
    void play (Note n) { System.out.println("Instrument.play()");}
    String what () {return "Instrument";}
    void adjust () {System.out.println ("Adjusting Instrument");}
}
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//<A>/music/Wind.java:

package music;

class Wind extends Instrument {
    void play (Note n) { System.out.println("Wind.play()" + n);}
    String what () {return "Wind";}
    void adjust () {System.out.println ("Adjusting Wind");}
}

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// <A>/music/Music.java

package music;

public class Music {
    public static void tune (Instrument i) {
        i.play(Note.MIDDLE_C);
    }
    public static void tuneAll(Instrument[] e) {
        for (Instrument i : e)
            tune (i);
    }

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        Wind flute = new Wind();
        tune(flute);
        }
}
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I compiled them successfully from a command prompt window with my
current working directory being <A>.

A> javac Note.java
A> javac Instrument.java
A> javac Wind.java
A> javac Music.java

Then when I try to run Music as follows:

A> java music/Music

I get the following Java error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: music\Music
(wrong name: music/Music)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
     at
java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:
124)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
     .....

If Cd into <A>/music and then run

<A>/music> java Music

I get the same error.

Now one of the parent directories to A has a space in the name. <A>
expands to
C:\User Data\...\A

Thanks
Bob