Configuring Java

[numptyspence]

HI All

I am trying to learn a bit of java over the coming festive period and have been going through the tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...O/objects.html but have hit a problem which looks like something is wrong with my $CLASSPATH.

I originally set it to '.' so i could compile very simple Hello World type programs while i was in the same directory e.g.

cd /home/sar/Java/
javac ./HelloWorld.java
java HelloWorld

but now i am trying to compile the 'CreateObjectsDemo' at the above link and getting the following output from javac

cd /home/sar/Java/
javac ./CreateObjectDemo.java
./CreateObjectDemo.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Point
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Point originOne = new Point(23, 94);
^
./CreateObjectDemo.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Point
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Point originOne = new Point(23, 94);
^
./CreateObjectDemo.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Rectangle
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Rectangle rectOne = new Rectangle(originOne, 100, 200);
^
./CreateObjectDemo.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Rectangle
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Rectangle rectOne = new Rectangle(originOne, 100, 200);
^
./CreateObjectDemo.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Rectangle
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Rectangle rectTwo = new Rectangle(50, 100);
^
./CreateObjectDemo.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Rectangle
location: class CreateObjectDemo
Rectangle rectTwo = new Rectangle(50, 100);
^
6 errors

Please can some one help. I am sure its just me not setting th classpath right. Not sure if this helps but i'm running suse10.2 and Java 1.5 and my CLASSPATH is .

Thanks#Spence

[conradt]

You need to store the Point.java and Rectangle.java in the same directory like the class you wrote above (CreateObjectDemo.java). Point/Rectangle are no classes of the JDK itself, but of your tutorial application.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...les/Point.java
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...Rectangle.java

Do you have these classes there as well?

[numptyspence]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Yep i realized yesterday so i compiled the other files and hay presto the thing actually works.

Spence