Re: Unable to use package...why ???

From:
Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:33:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<7180194.1172.1319726029502.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prib32>
PortisHead wrote:

First I created the file : Getbcard.java
inside the directory : C:\myclasses\exam\test\dok
below is the script :
package exam.test.dok;


"myclasses" is the root of the classpath for this class. Directories that match up with packages descend from such a root.

public class Getbcard
{
public void setname()
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}

then , I compiled it using this command line:
javac Getbcard.java


From what directory? Where is your "exam/test/dok/" directory path? ("exam\test\dok" in Windows.)

and got the appropriated .class file:
Getbcard.class


In what directory?

Next , I created a new file , named : Showbcard.java in folder : C:
\examples


That sounds like a class with no package. Do not mix classes in packages with classes in the "no-package" (the default package, which isn't really a package).

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/package.html>

Packages have to match with directories, in the normal filesystem approach. If they do not, you are fubared.

below is the script :


Not a script.

import exam.test.dok.*;
public class Showbcard
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Showbcard");
Getbcard i = new Getbcard();
i.setname();
}
}

then , I compiled it using this command line:
javac -cp c:\myclasses Showbcard.java
and got the appropriated .class file:
Showbcard.class


In what directory?

Now when I try to execute the file like :
java -cp c:\myclasses Showbcard

I get the error : Could not find or load main class Showbcard

What am I doing wrong here ?


As mentioned upthread, you left out the package in the class for the "java" command.

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/index.html>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/managingfiles.html>

Note: Do not use the CLASSPATH variable. Stick with the "-jar" or "-cp" options to set classpath.

<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/index.html>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javac.html>
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html>

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Lew

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