Problem using javac: cannot find symbol(method)

[Rob Sweeny]

Hi All,

I've been able to compile my supporting class file FloatNumber, but not my main class, MainFloatNumber.

CODE:

package com.scjaexam.tutorial;

import com.scjaexam.tutorial.floatnumbers.*;

public class MainFloatNumber {
	public static void main(String arg[]){
		FloatNumber value = FloatNumber(1f);
		value.addHalf(value);
		System.out.println("value = " + value.getNumber());
		
	}
}

package com.scjaexam.tutorial.floatnumbers;

public class FloatNumber {
	float number;

	public FloatNumber (float number) {
		this.number = number;
	}

	float getNumber () {
		return this.number;
	}

	void setNumber (float number) {
		this.number = number;
	}

	void addHalf () {
		this.number = this.number + (this.number/2f);
	}
} 

DIRECTORY HIERARCHY:

C:\code\src\com\scjaexam\tutorial
C:\code\src\com\scjaexam\tutorial\floatnumbers
C:\code\classes\com\scjaexam\tutorial
C:\code\classes\com\scjaexam\tutorial\floatnumbers

JAVAC:

c:\code>javac -d classes c:\code\src\com\scjaexam\tutorial\floatnumbers\FloatNumber.java
___compiles, and puts class file in correct location
___C:\code\classes\com\scjaexam\tutorial\floatnumbers\FloatNumber.class

c:\code>javac -d classes -cp classes c:\code\src\com\scjaexam\tutorial\MainFloatNumber.java

c:\code\src\com\scjaexam\tutorial\MainFloatNumber.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : method FloatNumber(float)
location: class com.scjaexam.tutorial.MainFloatNumber
FloatNumber value = FloatNumber(1f);


Any help would be appreciated.
Rob

[Henry Wong]

If you want to instantiate an object, you should use the "new" operator.

Henry