importing package not being recognised

[Paul Mackellar]

I am trying to compile a servlet which has an imported package.

   
package com.example.web;

import com.example.model.BeerExpert;
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 {
		
		String c = request.getParameter("color");


		BeerExpert be = new BeerExpert();
		List result = be.getBrands(c);
		
		request.setAttribute("styles", result);
		RequestDispatcher view = request.getRequestDispatcher("result.jsp");
		
		view.forward(request, response);
	}
}
 

and this is the imported package

  

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);
	}
}

  

when i try to compile i am getting the following errors and can't work it out.

  

paul@paul-laptop:~$ cd Desktop/MyProjects/beerV1/
paul@paul-laptop:~/Desktop/MyProjects/beerV1$ javac -d classes src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java 
src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java:3: package com.example.model does not exist
import com.example.model.BeerExpert;
                        ^
src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java:18: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class BeerExpert
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
		BeerExpert be = new BeerExpert();
		^
src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java:18: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class BeerExpert
location: class com.example.web.BeerSelect
		BeerExpert be = new BeerExpert();
		                    ^
3 errors


  

can anyone help?

[Christophe Verré]

Try to add the folder where the "com" package is to your classpath :
javac -cp src -d classes src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java

Also, you'll need to add the servlets api jar file to your classpath. Check this FAQ.

[Paul Mackellar]

Christophe Verré wrote:Try to add the folder where the "com" package is to your classpath :
javac -cp src -d classes src/com/example/web/BeerSelect.java

Also, you'll need to add the servlets api jar file to your classpath. Check this FAQ.

Thanks that worked