Why i am getting this error?

[srikesh krishnan kutty]

Hai All

I get this error while compiling my java code

trial1.java:2: package skk doesnot exist
import skk.MyClass;
^
trial1.java:3: cannot find symbol
symbol: class MyClass
class OtherClass extends MyClass{}


i have two seperate files MyClass.java and trial1.java

the code in them are as follows :

MyClass.java
----------------
package skk;
public class MyClass{}

trial1.java
---------------------

package kkk;
import skk.MyClass;
class OtherClass extends MyClass{}



Can anyone please help me out with this !!!

[Kevin Workman]

Read this: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/index.html

[Anchit Herredia]

Ok few things that might be wrong:

1) trial1.java needs to have T capital (obviously this isn't the cause of your problem but just something to remember)

2) There has to be at least 1 public class in trial1.java. This is because each source file must contain at least 1 public class. Currently, there appears to be no public class present. Also, the public class should be named trial1 in your case (as per the source file name).

3) Another thing which you might want to check is the package structure. Since you have got two packages and both are root then you should have two folders both inside your project workspace. For example, if your project name is "Test" then we should have the following structure for the source files:

Test (folder)
|
|-- kkk (folder)
|--trial.java
|
|-- skk (folder)
|-- MyClass.java

Too bad I don't have access to my pc right now or I would have checked your code manually. Let me know if this doesn't work.

[Joanne Neal]

Anchit Herredia wrote:2) There has to be at least 1 public class in trial1.java. This is because each source file must contain at least 1 public class.

This is wrong. A source file does not need to contain a public class but if it does there can be only one.

[Anchit Herredia]

Joanne Neal wrote:

Anchit Herredia wrote:2) There has to be at least 1 public class in trial1.java. This is because each source file must contain at least 1 public class.

This is wrong. A source file does not need to contain a public class but if it does there can be only one.

Thanks for correcting me. Yes, there can be no public classes (in which case there will only be "default" classes and they can all have any names irrespective of the filename). The name restriction of class name matching the filename is only applicable to the public class (if present).

[sumedha rao]

is package kkk a sub-package of skk?

if yes then it should be

package skk.kkk;
import skk.*;
class OtherClass  
{
	
}