DaysOld - Why JavaRanchCommon.zip?

[Chuck Holowecky]

I don't understand why the classpath entry is JavaRanchCommon.zip. I downloaded the file for this assignment and viewed the contents. I see no such file. I understand the format of the import statement for this assingment but not the classpath. Can someone please explain?

Thanks,

Chuck

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Originally posted by Chuck Holowecky:
I see no such file.

It sounds like you are looking for a JavaRanchCommon.class file in the zip file. There is no file by that name. The zip file could have been named kalamazoo.jar -- it wouldn't matter. What matters is that you need to include that zip file in your classpath so that you can access the classes that are inside (like GDate and JDate).

[Chuck Holowecky]

But the name of the zip file is jr.zip. How can it be found if the pathname is JavaRanchCommon.zip?

Chuck

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Oh. Sorry. I'd forgotten that we changed the name of the jar. You're correct. You need to put jr.zip into your classpath. I need to change the instructions.