how to Import a program from another folder

[saravanan rajendran]

hi,
i have 2 program in different folder


program1.java exists in below folder

/usr/local/apache-tomcat/webapps/Asianet/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/servlets/program1

program1.java

package com.example.servlets;//declared package name
import java.io.*;
public class program1  {
public static String type="EnglishIvr";
public void show()
{ 

System.out.println(type);} }
 

program2.java exists in below folder

/usr/local/apache-tomcat/webapps/Asianet/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/program2

program2.java
 
package com.example;
import com.example.servlets.program1;//importing the program1 file
import java.io.*;
 public class program2 {

public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println(program1.type);} }

Error:

package com.example.servlets does not exist
import com.example.servlets.*;
^
i getting above error i cannot find what error guide me

[edit]Add code tags. CR[/edit]
[ August 19, 2008: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]

[Rob Spoor]

Set the classpath to include the folder where your "com" folder is located. That would be /usr/local/apache-tomcat/webapps/Asianet/WEB-INF/classes in your case.

[Campbell Ritchie]

As Rob says, you need to include the folder in the classpath, probably best done with the -cp option on javac and java. Go to this documentation page and click on "javac" and "java" for more details.

And please find the Code Tags; I have added them to your post so you can see how much easier it is to read.