default class accessing another default class

[Billal Rabah]

Hi,
Please check out the following code:
// TestAnimal.java
package com.mycompany.animals;
class Animal{}
class Horse{}
public class TestAnimal{}

// Canine.java
package com.mycompany.animals;
public class Canine extends Animal{}

when i tried to compile Canine.java a compiler gave me an error that a class Animal is not found. I thought since both Canine and Animal in the same package then Canine can access( extends in this case) Animal since it has a default access.
Let me know what i am missing
and thanks

[marc weber]

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[marc weber]

I don't think it's an access issue.

Have you already compiled TestAnimal, so that the Animal class file exists? Or are you expecting javac to figure out that the class definition is in a file with a different name?

(If the Animal.class file does exist, then it's probably a classpath issue. Let us know...)
[ December 04, 2007: Message edited by: marc weber ]

[Billal Rabah]

Yes, I have compiled TestAnimal.java and i have all the three classes(TestAnimal, Animal, Horse)

[Billal Rabah]

Here are the commmands
D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>javac -d ../classes com/mycompany/animals/TestAnimal.java

D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>javac -d ../classes com/mycompany/animals/Canine.java
com/mycompany/animals/Canine.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol: class Animal
public class Canine extends Animal{}
^
1 error

D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>

[marc weber]

It looks like...

The directory "My Java" contains (at least) 2 subdirectories: "source" and "classes".

The current directory (the one you're compiling from) is "source".

"com.mycompany.animals.Animal.class" is under the directory "classes".

So you need to specify a classpath so that javac can find com.mycompany.animals.Animal.class. The flag for classpath is -cp (similar to the -d directory flag you're already using). So from your current directory, do you see what the classpath value should be?
[ December 04, 2007: Message edited by: marc weber ]

[Billal Rabah]

Thanks the code runs great now. Yes, it was a CLASSPATH problem. I have used the flag -cp as you instructed.
Before
D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>javac -d ../classes com/mycompany/animals/Canine.java
com/mycompany/animals/Canine.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol: class Animal
public class Canine extends Animal{}
^
1 error
After
D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>javac -d ../classes -cp ../classes com/mycompany/animals/Canine.java

D:\Documents and Settings\GG\My Documents\My Java\source>

Appreciate it man

[marc weber]

Glad it works!