package org.jdom does not exist

[Maha Hassan]

Dear All,

I have troubles installing jdom. I followed the stepshere
but still i get errors..
I am trying to run the following example

   import org.jdom.*;
 
public class example1
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
     Element root = new Element("myRootElement");
     Document doc = new Document(root);
     root.setText("This is a root element"); 
     System.out.println(doc);
  }
} 

and i get the following errors

--------------------Configuration: <Default>--------------------
Z:\Java Files\example1.java:1: package org.jdom does not exist
import org.jdom.*;
^
Z:\Java Files\example1.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Element
location: class example1
     Element root = new Element("myRootElement");
     ^
Z:\Java Files\example1.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Element
location: class example1
     Element root = new Element("myRootElement");
                        ^
Z:\Java Files\example1.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Document
location: class example1
     Document doc = new Document(root);
     ^
Z:\Java Files\example1.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Document
location: class example1
     Document doc = new Document(root);
                        ^
5 errors
 
Process completed.

Please help me.

Maha

[Ulf Dittmer]

Is the JDOM package in your classpath when you compile this?

[Maha Hassan]

yes ,
my class path is C:\Program Files\Java\jdom-1.0\build\jdom.jar
is that correct ?

[Maha Hassan]

How do i make the jdom work .. i am lost and i can not write a single example..

[Ulf Dittmer]

What happens if you type

javac -classpath "C:\Program Files\Java\jdom-1.0\build\jdom.jar" example1.java

and then

java -classpath ".;C:\Program Files\Java\jdom-1.0\build\jdom.jar" example1

?

[Maha Hassan]

Yes it worked this way..thanks
the problem was that i never compiled using the -classpath
thanks

can jdom read dtd ..like tell me what is the root and the datatype of the elements (pcdata) or what??