Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the compiler is not finding class Book, which is (supposed to be) in the same default package as BookAction? Therefore the problem has nothing to do with struts.jar.
A couple of observations... Don't use default packages with servlets and suchlike. You get away with it for a while but then weird things start happening - I found out the hard way!! Strongly recommend looking at Tomcat/ant source setup. This has the advantage of loading your application on-the-fly without creating subdirs of the tomcat distribution. Are you using some sort of IDE for this (which might be screwing up the classpath)? Is BookActoin.java.. in your file list just a typing error, or is it really called that? (That would do it!!) HM -----Original Message----- From: angela mcgrenra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 September 2002 11:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Newbie to struts OKAY I have a dir structure as follows C:\java\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\webapps\strutsShop\BookView.jsp C:\java\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\webapps\strutsShop\CreateBook.jsp C:\java\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\webapps\strutsShop\WEB-INF\classes\Book.java C:\java\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\webapps\strutsShop\WEB-INF\classes\BookActoin.j ava Code for BookView.jsp is: <%@ page language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %> <html:html locale="true"> <head> <html:base/> <title> <bean:message key="index.title"/> </title> </head> <body>Angela's test page</body> <html:form action="createBook" method="GET"> Title:<html:text property="title" /> <br/> <html:submit property="submit"/> </html:form> </html:html> Code for CreateBook.jsp is: <%@ page language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %> <html:html locale="true"> <head> <html:base/> <title><bean:message key="index.title"/></title> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <h2>Create a book</h2> <html:errors/> <html:form action="createBook.do" method="GET"> Title:<html:text property="title" /> <br/> <html:submit property="submit"/> </html:form> </body> </html:html> IN C:\java\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.1\webapps\strutsShop\WEB-INF\classes I have Book.java (compiles into class file fine) Code is : import java.util.Vector; public class Book { private String title = ""; private Vector authors = new Vector(); private int pages = 0; /** Standard constructor. */ public Book() { } /** @param title The new Title */ public void setTitle(String title) { this.title = title; } /** @return The title. */ public String getTitle() { return this.title; } /** @param pages The new number of pages. */ public void setPages(int pages) { this.pages = pages; } /** @return The number of pages. */ public int getPages() { return this.pages; } /** We don't want to work with the Vector here, as it is only a reference we would get! @param author Add another author */ public void addAuthor(String author) { this.authors.add(author); } /** Pay attention not to use the wrong number. @param position The number of the author to remove. */ public void removeAuthor(int position) { this.authors.remove(position); } /** @return The number of authors the book has. */ public int getNumberOfAuthors() { return this.authors.size(); } } Code for BookAction.java is: import javax.servlet.http.*; import org.apache.struts.action.*; /* The action for the creation of a book. @author [EMAIL PROTECTED] */ public final class BookAction extends Action { /** @param mapping The ActionMapping used to select this instance @param form The optional ActionForm bean for this request (if any) @param req The non-HTTP request we are processing @param res The non-HTTP response we are creating @return Return an ActionForward instance describing where and how control should be forwarded, or null if the response has already been completed. */ public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) { System.out.println("Start perform(" + form + ") . . ." ); String title = req.getParameter("title"); Book book = new Book(); book.setTitle( title ); System.out.println("After creation of book: " + book.getTitle() ); req.setAttribute("BOOK", book); return mapping.findForward("bookCreated"); } } When I try to compile BookAction.java I get my error >BookAction.java:27: cannot resolve symbol >symbol : class Book >location : class BookAction > Book book = new Book(); The problem seems to be that BookAction.java cant find struts.jar that I have saved locally in my classes directory... I have saved this path into my CLASSPATH variable but to no avail... >From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Newbie to struts >Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:12:39 +0100 > >Hi, > >I've read this about 5 times now and still can't get my head aroud what you >are doing. > >Can you draw us a "picture" of what directories hold what, what your >classpath is, and what your javac command is. > >Personally I have always used the structure recommended in the tomcat >documentation that involves an ant build script, this gets around a lot of >classpath difficulties as it generates the path for you (and it could be >quite lengthy with a STRUTS applicaton). > >Don't think that's your problem though. > >HM > >-----Original Message----- >From: angela mcgrenra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 17 September 2002 09:48 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newbie to struts > > >Hi there > >I am working my way thtough a Struts tutorial and have a slight (simple I'm >sure) problem... > >I have a bean (Book.java)saved and compiled in my classes dir at >"tomcat"\webapps\strutsShop\WEB_INF\classes > >In this folder also is BookAction.java which needs to be able to find this >bean, and a locally saved copy of the struts.jar file > >I have edited struts-config.xml and all other files are ready and waiting >but my problem is when I try to compile the BookAction.java file in my >classes dir. > >The error I get is >BookAction.java:27: cannot resolve symbol >symbol : class Book >location : class BookAction > Book book = new Book(); > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
