Re: possible idiot question

[Ewan Taylor]

Hi Shivaraj...   thanks for your patience on this one... i'm gonna run down what i know that i've got now...   the two classes contained in this mail (below) are both in the same directory....       C:\Program Files\Jakarta Tomcat 4.0\webapps\begjsp-ch07\WEB-INF\classes\com\wrox\library   the first class Book compiles without a hitch, but the subclass ChildrensBook is still giving me grief...     when attempting to compile it through forte I get...       WEB-INF/classes/com/wrox/library/ChildrensBook.java [3:1] Class Book not found in type declaration or import.     public class ChildrensBook extends Book {                                    ^     1 error     and when trying the same through the console, with the command:  javac ChildrensBook.java   I get....         ChildrensBook.java:3: cannot resolve symbol     symbol  : class Book     location: class classes.com.wrox.library.ChildrensBook     public class ChildrensBook extends Book {                                    ^     1 error       i have also set my CLASSPATH, under environment variables to ...       C:\Program Files\Jakarta Tomcat 4.0\webapps\begjsp-ch07\WEB-INF\classes         please if you gotten to the end of this mail, could you shed some light on my predicament, as i am really beginning to tear my hair out here       cheers     ewan     -----Original Message----- From: shivaraj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 September 2001 14:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: possible idiot question u can set your classpath in project --> setting --> servlet jsp --> expert tab  . First make sure u r tomcat is running or not ----- Original Message ----- From: Ewan Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:53 PM Subject: Re: possible idiot question thanks for you reply...   i feel i may be getting somewhere now that someone has pointed out the things that are right..     my classes are stored in the webapps folder of tomcat under the directory...   webapps\begjsp-ch07\WEB-INF\classes\com\wrox\library\            does this tally with my package declaration?   i am unclear as to where the classpath is defined, and what it should contain... (any suggestions?) there will be many more classes within this pakage by the time i have finished this section of the tut.   thanks again shivaraj     cheers   ewan -----Original Message----- From: shivaraj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 September 2001 12:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: possible idiot question 1) Where r u stroing your classes? If u r classes are in com.wrox.library then what r u doing right. But i think u have to check u r classpath and have it pointing to directory which is containing com package. 2) If u just want to use that package, just import that package instead of declaring a package. and com.wrox.library should be in u r classpath.   happy coding   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ewan Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:48 PM Subject: Re: possible idiot question thanks very much for you reply, but i think that is what i have done with the declaration...   package com.wrox.library;   in both of the classes, as i understand it a package is euphanism for directory, would that be correct.   as you will gather this is a wrox tut   i have pasted the code below for anyone who is interested:   initial class: ******************************************************* package com.wrox.library;   public class Book {       private String title;         public String getTitle() {         return title;     }         public void setTitle (String title) {         this.title = title;     }         /** Creates new Book: Constructor */     public Book () {     }         public Book (String title) {     this.title = title;     }   }   *******************************************************     extension class: ******************************************************* package com.wrox.library;   public class ChildrensBook extends Book {       private int minimumAge;         public int getMinimumAge() {         return minimumAge;     }         public void setMinimumAge(int a) {         minimumAge = a;     }         public ChildrensBook() {         super();     }         public ChildrensBook(String title) {         super(title);     } }   *******************************************************   once again thanks to anyone who is willing to assist me...       ewan taylor -----Original Message----- From: shivaraj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 September 2001 12:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: possible idiot question In both classes u have to declare the package to which that class belong. That may solve u r problem. happy coding ----- Original Message ----- From: Ewan Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:27 PM Subject: possible idiot question i am trying to get my head around class inheritance and have followed some tuts, however....     having created a simple class, and then creating a subclass, extending the first, i keep getting       Class Book not found in type declaration or import...     when i try to compile it, they are both sitting in the same package.... pls help!! this is giving me a headache.     i am currently running Sun's Forte IDE with JDK1.3.1 and serving it up with Tomcat 4.0   forte suggests that i have an invalid package declaration but i can find no documentation on how to rectify this, and am baffled as i have followed the tuts to the letter and nothing seems out of kilter.     any help will be gratefully recieved...   cheers..     ewan taylor ========================= To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". 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