Why can't my class see another class?

[Jennifer Sohl]

I have a class that is called Assembly.java.
It is located in the package com.storekraft.est.
Within this class is a reference to another class called Species.java.
The Species class is in the package com.storekraft.pch.
Within the Species class is a reference to another class called SpecieHistory.java
SpecieHistory.java is in the package com.storekraft.pch.
The Species class compiles. However, when I try to compile the Assembly class, it finds the Species class, but not the SpecieHistory class.
I have imported the com.storekraft.pch package into the Assembly class, but it still can't see it.
Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks for any help!

[Murali Nanchala]

Please post the line of code with the import statement for the xxx.xxx.pch package.

[Ken Cobbs]

Is the "pecieHistory class" public or default?
A 'default' class can only be seen by class within the same package.
A class that's 'public' can be seen from other packages.
Just read that yesterday in Kathy and Berts Study Guide!
Hope it's what the trouble is

[Jennifer Sohl]

I was just playing aroung and tried something that worked.
Before, my import statement looked like this:

import com.storekraft.pch.*;  

I changed it to read :

import com.storekraft.pch.Specie;
      import com.storekraft.pch.SpecieHistory;  

and it compiled.
Why wouldn't it compile with the original import statement if I told it to import all classes in that package?
Thanks!

[Murali Nanchala]

How could you compile the Specie Class without compiling the SpecieHistory Class the first time? (Other than by using javac *.java).
Also, both forms of the import should work.

[Jennifer Sohl]

The SpecieHistory and Species classes compiled OK.
I just want to know why the Assembly class didn't compile with the import statement:

import com.storekraft.pch.*;  

but did compile with the statements:

import com.storekraft.pch.Species;
      import com.storekraft.pch.SpecieHistory;  

[Murali Nanchala]

Here is my code, and Assembly compiles after I compile the other classes, even with the package import instead of individual classes.
Species

package example.pch;
public class Species {
    public Species(SpecieHistory history) {}
}

SpecieHistory

package example.pch;
public class SpecieHistory {
    public SpecieHistory(String name) {}
}

Assembly

package example.est;
import example.pch.*;
public class Assembly {
    public Assembly() {
    SpecieHistory history = new SpecieHistory("pisces");
    Species s = new Species(history);
    }
}