Package question

[Mike Shn]

I created the Class Hello
package hello.java;
class Hello {
public static void main (String arg[]) {
System.out.println("Hello");
}
When I compile and interept(java Hello) the program with the "package hello.java" gives me a bunsh o erros. But when I delete the line the program runs fine. Does someone can explain what coul cause the problem?
Thanks

[Cindy Glass]

A package is not a file. It is a bunch of classes that are bundled together. In java the default is that the subdirectory that the class file is in is the package that the class is in.
In your example you are saying that this class will be in
JAVA_HOME\hello\java\Hello.class
I think that the compiler can not find all those sub-directories that you are talking about.

[Mike Shn]

the Hello.java class is stored on drive E:. But when I do javac Hello.java it's ok.. It give me an error when I type java Hello
I can't find what's is wrong
E:\>java Hello
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Hello (wrong name: ho
mework/Hello)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:486)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:11
1)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:248)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:297)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:286)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:253)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:313)

[Cindy Glass]

What is your classpath, and what is this "homework" subdirectory that it is talking about?

[Jessica Sant]

Mike-
I think it might be a time to take a giant step back and understand the basics of packages... check out this thread as a start. Hopefully that will explain things a bit.
So... if you want all your apps to be in the "homework" package. Change the package name on your Hello class to "homework". And make sure your Hello.java is in the "homework" directory.
Then from the commandline, on the level above homework type (to compile it):
javac homework\Hello.java
Then (to run it) type:
java homework.Hello
Hope that helps!