confusing compile error

[Pranav Bhatt]

Hi am having two java classes, one form and other action in same dir.The dir structure is -:
D:\apache-tomcat-5.5.20\webapps\Sandeep\WEBINF\src\roseindia\web\struts\action.

My LoginForm.java is as-:

[B]package roseindia.web.struts.action;[/B]
 
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
import org.apache.struts.action.*;
 
 
public class LoginForm extends ActionForm
{
static public final long serialVersionUID = -1L;
 
 
      private String action="add";
 
 
  private String username=null;
  private String password=null;
  private String usertype=null;
 
 
 
 
 
      public void setAction(String action){
this.action=action;
  }
 
  public String getAction(){
return this.action;
  }
 
 
 
 
  public void setUsername(String username){
this.username=username;
  }
 
  public String getUsername()
  {
return this.username;
  }
 
 
 
   public void setPassword(String password){
this.password=password;
  }
 
  public String getPassword(){
return this.password;
  }
 
 
 
 
   public void setUsertype(String usertype){
this.usertype=usertype;
  }
 
  public String getUsertype(){
return this.usertype;
  }
 
 
  public void reset(ActionMapping mapping,HttpServletRequest request){
 
 
  this.username=null;
  this.password=null;
  this.usertype=null;
  this.action="add";
 
  }
 
 
      public ActionErrors validate(
      ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request ) {
      ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
 
      if( getUsername() == null || getUsername().length() < 1 ) {
        errors.add("username",new ActionMessage("error.username.required"));
      }
      if( getPassword() == null || getPassword().length() < 1 ) {
        errors.add("password",new ActionMessage("error.password.required"));
      }
      if( getUsertype() == null || getUsertype().length() < 1 ) {
        errors.add("usertype",new ActionMessage("error.usertype.required"));
      }
 
      return errors;
  }
 
 
 
 
}

It already got compiled and am having a LoginForm.class file in same dir.

Am having my action class in same dir as below-:

[B]package roseindia.web.struts.action;
 
import roseindia.web.struts.action.*;[/B]
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
 
public class LoginAction extends Action
{
  public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping,ActionForm form,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
 
  LoginForm loginform = (LoginForm) form;
       if (loginform.getUsername().equalsIgnoreCase("admin") && loginform.getPassword().equals("admin")) {
 
           return mapping.findForward("success");
       } else {
 
           return mapping.findForward("failure");
       }
  }
}
 

But when i'am trying to compile LoginAction.java am getting an error as-:

cannot find symbol
symbol: class LoginForm
location: class roseindia.web.struts.action.LoginAction


As am having the class file of LoginForm in same dir as LoginAction and am importing the package too, still am getting this error. Please help

[ January 28, 2008: Message edited by: pranav bhatt ]
[ January 28, 2008: Message edited by: pranav bhatt ]

[Brent Sterling]

What directory are you compiling from? You should be compiling from your "src" directory and you might need to add "." to your classpath (the -cp param to javac).

- Brent

[Pranav Bhatt]

Thanks it really helped, i had kept my src folder inside WEB-INF and was wrongly compiling.
Thanks again