AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Newbie Compiling Question          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Tim Mierzejewski Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:16 pm    Post subject: Newbie Compiling Question Alright, I have a public clas CarObject taken right out of the Java book I'm learning from, starts with "public class CarObject {" as the first line, and that's in CarObject.java. I javac'd that file. The main function is in another class, CarTest3, which creates instances of CarObject: public class CarTest3 { public static void main( String[] args ) { CarObject car = new CarObject (CarObject.V10); // ... } } So I tried to "javac" that file, CarTest3.java, in the same folder as the CarObject.java file, and I got the error "cannot resolve symbol" for each time I mentioned CarObject in CarTest3.java. So, I decided to put the entire CarObject class into CarTest3.java. I tried compiling that, and I got a fun error, "class CarObject is public, should be declared in a file called CarObject.java". Really, a file called CarObject.java. What a novel idea. In any case, what am I doing wrong? Thanks, Tim Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie Compiling Question On Tue, 25 May 2004 17:16:29 GMT, Tim Mierzejewski wrote: Quote: ...I got the error "cannot resolve symbol" See if this throws any light on it <http://mindprod.com/jgloss/errormessages.html#CANNNOTRESOLVESYMBOL> I suspect it is because you are not using packages, or not adding the current directory to the classpath at compile time. javac -classpath . *.java Also check.. <http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#exact> -- Andrew Thompson http://www.PhySci.org/ Open-source software suite http://www.PhySci.org/codes/ Web & IT Help http://www.1point1C.org/ Science & Technology Back to top Tim Mierzejewski Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie Compiling Question Thanks. My book made no mention of the -classpath tag or how to use it, but now it works. Muchas gracias. Tim Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie Compiling Question On Tue, 25 May 2004 17:51:30 GMT, Tim Mierzejewski wrote: Quote: Thanks. My book made no mention of the -classpath tag or how to use it, but now it works. I think you will love this then.. <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/javac.html#options> Quote: ..Muchas gracias. You are welcome. -- Andrew Thompson http://www.PhySci.org/ Open-source software suite http://www.PhySci.org/codes/ Web & IT Help http://www.1point1C.org/ Science & Technology Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie Compiling Question On Tue, 25 May 2004 17:31:44 GMT, Andrew Thompson wrote: Quote: See if this throws any light on it http://mindprod.com/jgloss/errormessages.html#CANNNOTRESOLVESYMBOL (chuckles) Roedy, ..no wonder I was having so much trouble guessing your anchor names! Were you very cold when you wrote that one? ;-) -- Andrew Thompson http://www.PhySci.org/ Open-source software suite http://www.PhySci.org/codes/ Web & IT Help http://www.1point1C.org/ Science & Technology Back to top Roedy Green Guest Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Newbie Compiling Question On Tue, 25 May 2004 19:07:22 GMT, Andrew Thompson <SeeMySites (AT) www (DOT) invalid> wrote or quoted : Quote: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/errormessages.html#CANNNOTRESOLVESYMBOL now fixed: <http://mindprod.com/jgloss/errormessages.html#CANNOTRESOLVESYMBOL> -- Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming. See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary. 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