Java files not seeing one another?

[Susan Delph]

I've created 2 files: Sphere.java and CreateSpheres.java files -- in the same directory.
Sphere.java is 'stand-alone' and compiled fine.
CreateSpheres.java references 'Sphere' objects, and does NOT compile. An error message occurs on every line where 'Sphere' is referenced.
For example:
CreateSpheres.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Sphere
location: class CreateSpheres
Sphere ball = new Sphere(4, 0, 0, 0);
^
Why is this happening? Do I need an import statement? Do I need to use 'extends Sphere' in the 2nd program? Or something else?
I'm a REAL beginner, so please go easy on me and use small words.
Thank you!
Susan

[This message has been edited by Susan Delph (edited April 10, 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Susan Delph (edited April 10, 2001).]

[Bosun Bello]

Make sure you do not have a package statement in any of your files. You may also want to use the public keyword infront of your class declaration.
Bosun

[John M. Gabriele]

it sounds like you don't need any import statements and
you don't need to have anything extends anything.
could you post your code for us? just make sure to put
the code inside [ C O D E ] and [ / C O D E ] delimiters
(without the spaces i put in so it would show up right.)

[sanjays samadder]

hi susan,
if both your calsses are in the samae directory then they must recognise each other even if the specifier is friendly.
check that the spellings are right.or the constructor signature matches ,that is where we make mistakes.
do this keep all your files in the bin directory on a folder above that takes out all the headache of seting the calss path.
use an editor called JPadPro its the best i have come accross.
regards

[Nathan Pruett]

Also, you might want to try :

javac -classpath . file.java

Where file.java is your source file. Sometimes, for some reason, the class path gets screwed up and doesn't include the current directory. ( I haven't had this problem on stand-alone systems, but at work I had to do this before I explicitly added the current directory ( . ) to my classpath. )
HTH,
-Nate

[Susan Delph]

Thank you, Nate!
javac -classpath . file.java
did the trick!
It's strange: the stand-alone program compiled fine without the classpath, but the other (which references the first) needed that classpath . specified.
It's working, and running, just fine now!
Thanks again!
Susan

[David Junta]

Susan,
I was playing with the Shapes classes in the Code Barn and had the same problem. In my case, it was because I had not compiled the Shape.java, Circle.java, Box.java and Poly.java files. As soon as I compiled them and then tried running the ShowShapes.java file again it worked fine.

[sanjays samadder]

it also works if you put all your files in the bin directory
or a directory above