Head First Servlets & JSP - Chapter 3, servlet version 2

[John Freshman]

If someone has read this book or has prior info which might get me back on track, I would really appreciate it.

I am getting a

package com.example.model does not exist

error and yet I have followed the book instruction to a tee (code, directories, etc). I am wondering if the book may be in error since the import statement points to a directory that contains only a java file instead of a class file (as shown below). As instructed by the book, the class file, which the import statement points to, is not in the

src\com\example\model

directory -- rather it is in the

classes\com\examples\model

directory (right where the -d command SHOULD put it).

Below is the directory structure and the servlet code

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE:
beerV1
---src
------com
---------example
------------web
---------------BeerSelect.java

------------model
---------------BeerExpert.java

---classes
------com
---------example
------------web

------------model
---------------BeerExpert.class


SERVLET CODE (as instructed by book):

package com.example.web;
 
import com.example.model.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class BeerSelect extends HttpServlet {

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
 
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("Beer Selection Advice<br>");
String c = request.getParameter("color");
 
BeerExpert be = new BeerExpert();
List result = be.getBrands(c);
Iterator it = result.iterator();
while(it.hasNext()) {
out.println("<br>try: " + it.next());
}
}
}

Thanks in advance for your help.

[John Freshman]

I am sorry, my post has a typo. The

classes\com\examples\model

should be

classes\com\example\model

The 'example' reference is singular, not plural.

[John Freshman]

I stand corrected:

I was missing the all important ";classes;" in my -classpath statement.

Since the examples in the book are shown using a MAC (which uses Unix, hence forward directory slashes), I assumed the :classes: statement was foreign to Windows and would not work in Windows.

I'll never doubt again