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Posted by Kris on June 20, 2001 at 2:51 PM

> > suppose i have a jar file called A.jar and it has a class called B. If I want to instantiate an object of B and call methods on it, what do I need to have? Do I need to include that file in my classpath? Do I need to write an import statement at the beginning of my java program? I am a newbie. plz let me know...

> java -classpath dir;A.jar .....
> where dir is the directory containing B.class
> If you have declared that B is in a package
> whith a : "package com.foo.bar;" line in B.java then
> you shoud have for the compiled file a structure like that
> dir
> ->com
> ->foo
> ->bar
> B.class is in bar
> if the class from where you call new B is in the same package
> as B then you don't need an import statement.
> otherwise you need an import com.foo.bar.*;

Thank u very much. But, what if i am not compiling the java program and instead embedding a java code in a JSP page, and that java code has to use that class? i guess I need to change the class path and then use the import statement, right?
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• Re : classpath jsp Pierre June 22, 2001 at 3:06 AM (0)