Directory structure for a file in a package

[J C upadhyay]

Hi,
I came across a drag and drop question that asks to create a directory structure. The question states: There is a file Zip.java as shown

package w.x;
import w.y.Zoom;
public class Zip{
public static void main(String[] args){
new Zoom().doStuff();
}
}

w.y.Zoom has been compiled and deployed into a JAR file w.jar
The program compiles with the command from the $ROOT

javac -cp w.jar -d . Zip.java

The question asks to create a directory structure and the answer is:
$ROOT
|---------Zip.java
|---------w.jar
|--------w
|----y
|-------Zoom.class

In my opinion Zip.java compiles fine only if the first statement 'package w.x' is commented. With the package statement in place, Zip.java should be saved inside the directory w/x

[John Jai]

All the files listed looks like present only under the ROOT directory. I think there is some formatting issue in your post.

In my opinion Zip.java compiles fine only if the first statement 'package w.x' is commented. With the package statement in place, Zip.java should be saved inside the directory w/x

No need - for compilation the package structure is not checked.. only while running the Zip class.

[J C upadhyay]

Hi John,
I am sorry for that.
I wonder why the directory structure changes when i post, all the pipes shift to the leftmost side. The answer is:
$ROOT
|
|-------[w.jar]-------w-------y-------Zoom.class
|
|-------Zip.java


$ROOT
|
|-------[w.jar]
|-------w-------y-------Zoom.class
|-------w-------x-------Zip.java

However, in this case, the command to compile Zip.java should be
$ROOT>javac -cp w.jar w.x.Zip.java