Cannot find symbol errors

[deepika deepi]

Hi all,
i am getting an error in this code posted. can any one help me ?

import java.io.*; 
public class Main extends AnotherClass
{

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        //Create an object, set some value on it
        User myUser = new User();
        myUser.setName("John");
        
        AnotherClass anotherClass = new AnotherClass();
        
        anotherClass.updateUser(myUser);
    }
}

next file class name

import java.io.*;
public class AnotherClass
{

    public User updateUser(User u)
    {
        //We're taking in the User object passed from the parent class
        //We'll print it out once, then change it, and return
        System.out.println("Name of user is " + u.getName); //Should print John

        u.setName("Andy");
        
        System.out.println("Name of user is " + u.getName); //Should print Andy now

        return u;
    }
}

Error:
[clrg@localhost check]$ javac Main.java
./AnotherClass.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol : class User
location: class AnotherClass
public User updateUser(User u)
^
./AnotherClass.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol : class User
location: class AnotherClass
public User updateUser(User u)
^
Main.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class User
location: class Main
User myUser = new User();
^
Main.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class User
location: class Main
User myUser = new User();
^
4 errors

What am i missing here and why i am getting this error ? Help me . why it is telling it cannot find the symbol?

[Jesper de Jong]

Where's the class User? The compiler is complaining that it doesn't understand what "User" means. Do you have a class named User?

[deepika deepi]

User is the object name and class name is AnotherClass. I tried to work out the code from the link in Java ranch

http://www.coderanch.com/t/492694/java/java/Passing-variables-class-class-SOLVED#2690252

So please i am not sure about it. Please help me how to find the output

[Matthew Brown]

The code in that example wasn't complete, because it doesn't show the User class.

User is not the object name in your code. The name is myUser, which is of class User. Since User isn't a built in class, you have to provide it yourself. For that code to work, you need to have a User class with methods getName() and setName(String name).

[raj warke]

Follow the steps mentioned below -

STEP 1 :- Put below files in a folder 'xyz' -
1. Main.java
2. AnotherClass.java
3. User.java
STEP 2 :- Set path variable to -
";drivename:\full_directory_of_xyz_folder\xyz"

Now you can run the program.

[fred rosenberger]

raj warke wrote:
STEP 2 :- Set path variable to -
";drivename:\full_directory_of_xyz_folder\xyz"

Now you can run the program.

Why does he have to set the path variable? The OS can clearly already find the javac.exe program, and one would assume java.exe as well. Neither of those programs reside in the xyz directory (at least, I hope they don't).

I fail to see what this part has to do with anything.

FURTHER, if you set your PATH to ";drivename:\full_directory_of_xyz_folder\xyz", then you will probably break a LOT of other stuff, since the OS won't be able to run things that have been taken OUT of the PATH.