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Run it this way

Posted by Amit Dubey on July 31, 2001 at 3:29 PM

> Trying to understand the package statement...

> I'm new to Java and I'm studing the book, Thinking in Java.
>
> I've read Chapter 05 and working on exercise 12.
> ******************************************************************
> 12. Create the following file in the c05/local directory
> (presumably in your CLASSPATH):
> ///: c05:local:PackagedClass.java
> package c05.local;
> class PackagedClass {
> public PackagedClass() {
> System.out.println(
> "Creating a packaged class");
> }
> } ///:~
> Then create the following file in a directory other than c05:
> ///: c05:foreign:Foreign.java
> package c05.foreign;
> import c05.local.*;
> public class Foreign {
> public static void main (String[] args) {
> PackagedClass pc = new PackagedClass();
> }
> } ///:~
> Explain why the compiler generates an error. Would making the Foreign
> class part of the c05.local package change anything?
> ******************************************************************

> I know that the compile error is because the PackagedClass is not
> public. The Foreign class is in another package.

> Now I want to go off on a "different angle" from all of that. I want to make it
> work be making the PackagedClass public. From my reading that makes the class available to
> other classes even if they're in another package. Am I correct in thinking that?
> If not, that would explain everything. If I am correct please read on...

> I made it public and could then it would compile. I put
> Foreign.java in c05\foreign. The c05 is in my classpath.

> Let me make this part clear:

> CLASSPATH=.;C:\SQLLIB\java\db2java.zip;C:\SQLLIB\java\runtime.zip;d:\JavaStuff

> The d:\JavaStuff contains a c05 sub. That sub contains foreign and local.

> What I'm finding now is that I can compile the foreign.java file but it will not run.

> I finally commented out the package statement in foreign.java and it ran as expected.

> If I don't comment out the package statement in foreign.java I see:

> D:\JavaStuff\c05\foreign>java Foreign
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Foreign (wrong name:
> c05/foreign/Foreign)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

>
>

I would suggest you run the java program from the d:\javaStuff directory in this way
java c05.foreign.Foreign
that should work probably