Accessing a package from another file

[sinatra roger]

package G;

public class Animal
{
	public int no_of_legs;
	public boolean mammal;
	public boolean herbivore;
	public boolean extinct;
	public boolean wild;
	
	
	
	public Animal()
	{
		System.out.println("Animal created");
		no_of_legs=2;
	}
	
	
}

the code above is stored as Animal.java

import G.*;

 class Main
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Animal ele=new Animal();
	} 
}

the code above is stored as Main.java.

but when i compile Main.java, i get an error saying that Animal is not accessible. They are both stored in the same directory.

Please tell what my mistake is.

[Stephan van Hulst]

Your mistake is that they're in the same directory.

Animal needs to be in directory G, which is a subdirectory of the directory Main is in.

[sinatra roger]

the issue was solved but all the 3 files below are in the same directory inside the same project..so i dont understand what the post above actually says..

code below is stored in Animals.java .

package G;

public class Animals
{
	public int no_of_legs;
	public boolean mammal;
	public boolean herbivore;
	
	public Animals()
	{ 
		System.out.println("Animal created");
		no_of_legs=2;
		
	}
}

code below is stored in Elephant.java .

package G;
public class Elephant extends Animals
{
	public Elephant()
	{
		System.out.println("Elephant created");
		no_of_legs=4;
		mammal=true;
		herbivore=true;
	}
	
}

code below is stored in Main.java .

import G.*;

class Main
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		Elephant a=new Elephant();
		
		
	}
}

[Stephan van Hulst]

Again, classes need to be in a directory structure that reflects the package structure.

If you have a class a.b.c.Foo, then the file must be saved as a/b/c/Foo.java, relative to your project source folder.

So your classes Elephant and Animals need to be in files G/Animals.java and G/Elephant.java, while Main.java needs to be in the top directory.

[sinatra roger]

Stephan van Hulst wrote:Again, classes need to be in a directory structure that reflects the package structure.


So your classes Elephant and Animals need to be in files G/Animals.java and G/Elephant.java, while Main.java needs to be in the top directory.

thanks for the advice..i will make it a practice.