Alton Goodman wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to learn java using the tutorial at java.sun.com. My
> platform is Linux 2.0.30, a Slackware install. I installed jdk1.1.6v4a
> per the instructions in the README file. I haven't set the CLASSPATH
> env variable.
>
> So I wrote a program Date.java and placed it in a package named
> packages. packages is a subdirectory in my home directory. Here is a
> snippet:
> package packages;
>
> import java.lang.*;
> import java.util.StringTokenizer;
>
> public class Date extends Object {
> private int iMM = 1;
> private int iYY = 1998;
> private int iDD = 1;
> .
> .
> .
> public static void main( String[] args ) {
> int i = 0;
> Date[] d1 = {
> new Date( 12, 9, 2010 ),
> new Date( 0, 9, 2010 ),
> new Date( 12, 0, 2010 ),
> new Date( 12, 9, 0 ),
> new Date( 2, 29, 2000 ),
> new Date( 2, 29, 2001 ),
> new Date( 2, 29, 2004 ),
> new Date( 10, 7, 1998 ),
> new Date( "February", 14, 1999 ),
> new Date( "February", 29, 2000 ),
> new Date( "February", 29, 2001 ),
> new Date( "5/22/1972" ),
> new Date( "2/29/1972" ),
> new Date( "2/29/2000" ),
> new Date( "2/29/1973" )
> };
> }
>
> I moved Date.class to ~/packages and rm'd Date.java and Date.class from
> the subdirectory that they had been created in. Then I wrote
> Testdate.java to test Date.class :). Testdata.java:
> import packages.Date;
>
> public class Testdate {
> public static void main( String[] args ) {
>
> Date d1 = new Date( 2 , 25, 2000 );
>
> System.out.println( d1.getDate() );
> }
> }
>
> BTW, Date.java does have a constructor and an accessor function. I
> compile Testdate.java using:
> javac -classpath .:~/:/opt/jdk1.1.6v4a/lib/classes.zip Testdate.java
>
> The compile executes without warnings or errors. But when I attempt to
> run the app using:
> java -classpath .:~/:/opt/jdk1.1.6v4a/lib/classes.zip Testdate.class
> java complains that it cannot find Testdate.class.
>
> Could someone help me? I'm purposefully created a class that would have
> a name clash in attempting to learn packages.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
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