Package does not exist / Cannot find symbol message

[Crace Selvage]

Hi all, the search function on here is down, so I apologize for posting what I'm sure is a repeat...

I'm working on the Ch3 MVC tutorial in Headfirst Servlets & JSP. I have created my folder structure in Tomcat as this... webapps > Beer > WEB-INF > classes > com > example. The example directory stores the model and web directories. I have two java files in this project.

package com.example.model;
import java.util.*;
 
public class BeerExpert{
public String getBrand(String color){
String brand = "blah";
if(color.equals("light")){
brand = "Miller Lite";
}else{
brand = "Killian's";
}
return brand;
}
}
 
package com.example.web;
 
import com.example.model;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class BeerSelect {
 
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");
out.println("<br>Got beer color " + c);
}
}

My first file, BeerExpert.java compiles fine. When I try compiling the second file, BeerSelect.java, I receive the following output...

webapps\Beer\WEB-INF\classes\com\example\web>javac BeerSelect.java
BeerSelect.java:3: cannot find symbol
symbol : class model
location: package com.example
import com.example.model;
^
BeerSelect.java:4: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
BeerSelect.java:5: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
import javax.servlet.http.*;
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletRequest
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletResponse
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletException
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{



I am running j2se 1.6 and my classpath seems to be fine, as I am able to compile in command line. But I can't figure why my imports aren't working. Do I need to install j2ee, as well? And if so, what do I need to add to my classpath?

Thanks for your help,
Crace
[ January 07, 2007: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]

[gaurav abbi]

hi Crace,
the problem seems to be because you have not included servlet-api.jar in your CLASSPATH.
this will be present in your TOMCAT in the following path
common\lib\servlet-api.jar.
add the absolute path for this jar in your CLASSPATH variable and try compiling it..

[Crace Selvage]

Thanks for the quick response. My CLASSPATH is now set to this...

.;JAVA_HOME\bin;C:\Program Files\Apache Tomcat\apache-tomcat-5.5.17\common\lib\servlet-api.jar;

However, I am getting the same messages I stated earlier. I have also tried adding just the path (the path up to the lib folder). Anyone see what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Crace

[gaurav abbi]

hi crace,
can you send me the error message you are getting now.

[Ben Souther]

 import com.example.model;  

If you want to import an entire class, you need to use the wild card symbol.
Change your import directive to:

 import com.example.model.*;  

[Crace Selvage]

Ben, thanks for pointing that out. I have modified the import statement to
import com.example.model.*;

However, it is still not compiling. Here is the output I receive...

web>javac BeerSelect.java
BeerSelect.java:3: package com.example.model does not exist
import com.example.model.*;
^
BeerSelect.java:4: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
BeerSelect.java:5: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
import javax.servlet.http.*;
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletRequest
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletResponse
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{
^
BeerSelect.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletException
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException{

Thanks for looking,
Crace

[Ben Souther]

Your classpath is not set up properly.

See:
http://faq.javaranch.com/view?CompilingServlets

I'm going to move this thread to our Java In General (Beginner) forum where you will find lots of help for classpath and javac issues.

Good-Luck
-Ben

[John Adkins]

Hi Crace...

This is my program following, check whether you have followed the way i did...

This is an example in Chapter3 of HFSJ

the directory structure is as follows...

C:\Tomcat\MyProject\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
C:\Tomcat\MyProject\beerV1\src\com\example\model\BeerExpert.java
C:\Tomcat\MyProject\beerV1\classes\com\example\web\
C:\Tomcat\MyProject\beerV1\classes\com\example\model\BeerExpert.class

and my tomcat directory is...

C:\Tomcat\$CATALINA_HOME\apache-tomcat-5.5.20\common\lib\servlet-api.jar

My BeerSelect.java code is...

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());
}
}
}

My BeerExpert.java code is...

package com.example.model;

import java.util.*;

public class BeerExpert {
public List getBrands(String color) {
List brands = new ArrayList();
if (color.equals("amber")) {
brands.add("Jack Amber");
brands.add("Red Moose");
}
else {
brands.add("Jail Pale Ale");
brands.add("Gout Stout");
}
return(brands);
}
}

I have set my CLASSPATH in (C:\AUTOEXEC.bat) set as...

set PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10\bin;C:\WINDOWS\java;C:\WINDOWS\java\classes;C:\WINDOWS\java\trustlib;%PATH%
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10

Also in Environment Variables under User Variables, I have set my CLASSPATH as...(right click on my computer, select properties, goto advanced tab and select environment variables)

CLASSPATH C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10;C:\WINDOWS\java;C:\WINDOWS\java\classes;C:\WINDOWS\java\trustlib;

Also in Environment Variables under System Variables, I have appended the following to the CLASSPATH as...

CLASSPATH C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10\bin;

compile the BeerSelect.java program as...

C:\Tomcat\MyProjects\beerV1>javac -classpath classes;C:\Tomcat\$CATALINA_HOME\apache-tom
cat-5.5.20\common\lib\servlet-api.jar -d classes src/com/example/web/BeerSelect

It will compile without any errors.