compiler error

[kwame Iwegbue]

can someone pls explain to me why this won't compile

class TapeDeck {
boolean canRecord=false;
void playTape() {
System.out.println("tape playing");
}

void recordTape() {
System.out.println("tape recording");
}
}


class TapeDeckTestDrive {
public static void main(String[] args) {
TapeDeck t=new TapeDeck();
t.canRecord=true;
t.playTape();

if (t.canRecord==true) {
t.recordTape();
}
}
}

[marc weber]

This compiles and runs fine for me. What error messages are you getting?

[John Smith]

You probably put these two classes in a file called TapeDeckTestDrive.java or TapeDeck.java. In both cases, the compiler will complain, because neither TapeDeckTestDrive nor TapeDeck is public.

[marc weber]

Originally posted by John Smith:
You probably put these two classes in a file called TapeDeckTestDrive.java or TapeDeck.java. In both cases, the compiler will complain, because neither TapeDeckTestDrive nor TapeDeck is public.

No, the compiler would complain if one of these classes were public and the java file did not share the same name (or if there were more than one public class in the same file). But the fact that neither class is public shouldn't matter.

Mine compiled as TapeDeckTestDrive.java.

[kwame Iwegbue]

now it compiles, but when i try to run java TapeDeck, I get:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Originally posted by kwame Iwegbue:
now it compiles, but when i try to run java TapeDeck, I get:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

Yes, because your main() is in TapeDeckTestDrive, not TapeDeck. Run that class instead.

[marc weber]

TapeDeck does not have a main method, so it cannot be run from the command line. Try running TapeDeckTestDrive instead. (You should not have to recompile.)

[kwame Iwegbue]

Thanks for all your help guys.
it finally compiled after I saved the file in notepad, and added quotes e.g "TapeDeckTestDrive.java"

someone pls explain this to me.
it make no sense, since on a different computer, It compiles without being saved with quotes!!
[ June 22, 2005: Message edited by: kwame Iwegbue ]

[Joel McNary]

The problem is that notepad is fairly dumb, and it will append .txt to anything that you save if it isn't a .txt extension. in order to make sure that your file has the extension you want, you have to use the quotes.

[fred rosenberger]

You can also change the type from "text file" to "all types" or whatever it is, and then it won't append the ".txt" to your filename.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Or the best suggestion at all: don't use notepad! There are many, many free and commercial programmer's editors available, all of then infinitely better than notepad.