javac linking to jar file

[Brian R Wolf]

Hi,


Im rusty w/java, I am using the htmlparser class library jar file --> htmlparser.jar

I listed the contents of htmlparser.jar like this:

C:\HTMLParser\HTMLParser\lib>jar tvf htmlparser.jar

0 Sat Sep 23 16:30:52 PDT 2006 META-INF/
514 Sat Sep 23 16:30:50 PDT 2006 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
0 Sat Sep 23 14:37:04 PDT 2006 org/

.....


9598 Sat Sep 23 14:37:04 PDT 2006 org/htmlparser/Parser.class


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I write this java code

import org.htmlparser;

class HelloWorldApp {

Parser parser = new Parser ("http://whatever");

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!"); // Display the string.
}
}

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I try to compile it:

C:\Documents and Settings\brian>javac -classpath c:\htmlparser\htmlparser\lib\htmlparser.jar HelloWorldApp.java

HelloWorldApp.java:6: package org does not exist
import org.htmlparser;
^

hmm...

Thanks Brian

[Mazer Lao Tzu]

The problem is in your import statement.

import org.htmlparser;

does not import org.htmlparser.Parser.

There are two common ways to import. One is to list every type you use, in which case you would have:

import org.htmlparser.Parser;

This way is often preferred.

The other is to import all the types in packages you use, in which case you would have:

import org.htmlparser.*;

This way is what you seem to have expected.

[Brian R Wolf]

yep, thats it, thanks!