Class calling Class

[Joel Cochran]

Good thing this is the "Beginner" forum because I'm sure I'd be laughed off any other with this question.
This my first attempt at using multiple classes. I have 2 classes in the same directory. The TestConWindow class instantiates the User class like so:

User userID = new User( "profile" , "password" );

Except the compiler says

User userID = new User( "Profile" , "password" );
^
cannot resolve symbol.
User userID = new User( "Profile" , "password" );
                  ^
cannot resolve symbol.

The User class is compiled and in the same directory. I tried adding the directory as a package but with no change. The code for the User class is as follows:

import java.sql.*;
public class User
{
    String userName ;
    String userPassword ;
    String userDB ;
    Connection con ;
 
    User( String name , String password )
    {
        userName = name ;
        userPassword = password ;
    }
    Connection getConnection()
    {
        try
        {
            con = DriverManager.getConnection(
                                "jdbc:as400://192.168.1.4" ,
                                this.userName , 
                                this.userPassword );
        }
        catch( Exception e ) 
        {
            System.out.println( "\nError: " + e.getMessage() );
        }
        return con ;
    }
    String getClassForName()
    {
        userDB = "com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver" ;
        return userDB ;
    }
}

Why won't the compiler recognize the User class? I'm sure it must be simple and obvious but darned if I know what it is!
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I'm a soldier in the NetScape Wars...
Joel

[Art Metzer]

Hi, Joel.
Yeah, you're program's simply not recognizing "User".
I don't know where else to start, so I guess I'll ask you about your classpath. What is your classpath set to? And relative to your classpath, where do you have TestConWindow.java and User.java saved?
Art

[Joel Cochran]

Originally posted by Art Metzer:
Hi, Joel.
Yeah, you're program's simply not recognizing "User".
I don't know where else to start, so I guess I'll ask you about your classpath. What is your classpath set to? And relative to your classpath, where do you have TestConWindow.java and User.java saved?
Art

In the CLASSPATH I have several .jar files for JDBC access. I thought that as long as I have the classes in the same directory it should work. I tried adding the directory they are in to the CLASSPATH, but no change. I'm really
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I'm a soldier in the NetScape Wars...
Joel

[Joel Cochran]

I just found http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum33/HTML/002366.html and the -classpath worked, program compiled and worked like a charm. But what a poain, I don't want to have to do this for everything! Is there a better way???
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I'm a soldier in the NetScape Wars...
Joel

[Cindy Glass]

Try adding a dot to your classpath to get whatever directory that you are sitting in added to the classpath.
classpath= .;%classpath%

[Joel Cochran]

Cindy,
I have a batch file in my directory that sets up the classpath, would you add this statement to the batch file?
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Joel

[Dave Vick]

Joel
your bat file probably has something along the lines of
set classpath=path1;path2; etc
just edit it and add .; to it at the beggining like Cindy said.
so it looks like this
set classpath=.;path1;path2; etc...
Then the compiler will always look in your current directory also when looking for class files.
Dave