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Package error while compiling servlet

 
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I get the following error while trying to compile the servlet SeatPlanRequestServlet.java:

C:\TechMSeatPlan\WEB-INF\classes\seatplanner\controller>javac SeatPlanRequestSer
vlet.java
SeatPlanRequestServlet.java:10: package seatplanner.model does not exist
import seatplanner.model.DataManager;
^
SeatPlanRequestServlet.java:25: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DataManager
location: class seatplanner.controller.SeatPlanRequestServlet
DataManager dataManager = new DataManager();
^
SeatPlanRequestServlet.java:25: cannot find symbol
symbol : class DataManager
location: class seatplanner.controller.SeatPlanRequestServlet
DataManager dataManager = new DataManager();

The servlet references the DataManager.java class. I compiled the class through the command prompt and placed it in the right package path (classes>seatplanner>model). The SeatPlanRequestServlet is present in the package (classes>seatplanner>controller). The "classes" being referred to here is the classes folder in my web application.

My package statement is absolutely correct in both instances. All the paths are also correct, and yet I get this error while compiling the servlet.

What am I doing wrong here? Thanks for the help in advance.
[ January 08, 2008: Message edited by: David O'Meara ]
 
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Add "C:\TechMSeatPlan\WEB-INF\classes\" to classpath
 
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Oh, that's needed as well? Fine. I'll try it out.

Now, I have a question. What if I want to send this over for someone to deploy it on his/her own machine. How can I auto-set the classpaths on their machine? Will packaging the whole thing into a WAR file do the trick, or do I have to do something special?
 
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You don't need a classpath for deployment.
The container will look for the needed classes in the directories where they're expected to be.

So, yes, packaging the app in a war file will take care of it.
 
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There is a difference between compile-time and run-time classpaths.
To send your web app to someone else, you would give them the context root and everything under it, ie the TechMSeatPlan directory.

At runtime, the web application ignores your system classpath and uses one determined by the container. As a basic description, a web app has access to the java libraries, the container's common libraries, the classes inthe WEB-INF/classes directory, and the libraries in the WEB-INF/lib directory.

To reiterate, to compile you need the classes dir on your local classpath, but this is taken care of for you at run time by the container.
 
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Thank you for your replies and assistance.

It was stupid of me to ask this question. I just realized that after I posted it!
 
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Originally posted by Sridhar Venkataraman:
Thank you for your replies and assistance.

It was stupid of me to ask this question. I just realized that after I posted it!



At times it happens . Don't worry, good people are here to remind of the forgotten things as well.
 
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Originally posted by Sridhar Venkataraman:
Thank you for your replies and assistance.

It was stupid of me to ask this question. I just realized that after I posted it!


There is no such thing as a stupid question.
 
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Originally posted by sudhir nim:
Add "C:\TechMSeatPlan\WEB-INF\classes\" to classpath



I did this (added it under the classpath in the environment variables), and it still didn't work.

*sigh*

I echoed the classpath and found it to be set correctly. I use Windows Vista.

[ January 08, 2008: Message edited by: Sridhar Venkataraman ]
[ January 08, 2008: Message edited by: Sridhar Venkataraman ]
 
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This issue has also been resolved. I was trying to compile from the wrong folder .
 
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