public class inside a package

[Mohan Ramanna]

hello,
Why cnnot i have a public class or public static void main
inside a package why does it give error.
The code below is for reference.
package hello;

class pack1 {
void show()
{
System.out.println("Hello pack1");
}
}

class subpack1 extends pack1 {
void show()
{
System.out.println("Hello subpack1");
}
}

class diffpack {
void show()
{

System.out.println("Hello pack1");
}
}
class xyz {
public static void main(String args[])
{
pack1 a = new subpack1();
a.show();
diffpack b = new diffpack();
b.show();
}
}

- thanks in Advance

regards
- mohan

[bante]

I don't see any problem. in your hello directory you compile your file xyz.java. Then you go up one level of the directory
(cd ..) and run your program by "java hello.xyz"
cheers