How to use package?

[manikandan jayakumar]

Hi,
I have a package structure like this
com(package)
first.java
com/in(package)
second.java
Third.java


I want to use a method from second.java in both third.java and also first.java.

Hoe to do this?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/usepkgs.html

[manikandan jayakumar]

Hi that link didn't provided me what i want.
that tutorial provided only the basics how to import package etc..

com(package)
first.java
com/in(package)
second.java
Third.java

I want to access a method from second.java in third.java

usually we will import the package
but in my case how to import?

'm not able to import directly like

import com.in.*;
or
import com.*;

and also in first.java from second.java

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

manikandan jayakumar wrote:
usually we will import the package

we import classes not packages

manikandan jayakumar wrote:
but in my case how to import?

1.first the method should be public(assume the is no IS-A relationship)
2.import the class which contains the method
3.create an instance of that class and call the method(if the method static then call it using Class name, object creation is not required)

[manikandan jayakumar]

These are my files
exc.java (pack/)

package pack;
public class exc
{
public void cls()
{
System.out.println("hai");
}
}

hai.java

package pack;
import pack.exc;
public class hai
{
public void m()
{
	exc ex = new exc();
	ex.cls();
}
}

able to execute exc.java but while executing hai.java Error:cannot find the symbol class exc

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

how are you executing ? can you post your command with path location? probably, might be classpath issue!

[manikandan jayakumar]

Should I set CLASSPATH?
If so where should it point to?

[manikandan jayakumar]

as usual
C:\Java\pack>javac exc.java
C:\Java\pack>javac hai.java
files are in c:>Java>pack

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

remove import pack.exc from hai.java; because both classes are in pack . it was searching one more pack folder inside the pack, hence the error!

[manikandan jayakumar]

Same Error without import statement also

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

hmm, but remeber I always use *javac package\classname.java* and java package.classname . so, I suggest you to use as in
C:\Java>javac pack\hai.java insteadof C:\Java\pack>javac hai.java

[manikandan jayakumar]

Yeah it works.
Thank you for your valuable time.

[kalaiselvi Bhalerao]

set classpath=%classpath%;.;<path of your package>
you need to specify the path where your package
example
if package exist in d:\javaprg\pack\Sample.class
where pack is package which has sample.class

set classpath=%classpath%;.;d:\javaprg;
you need to specify the path where your package

or you can also specify the package path in the environment variable classpath

right click mycomputer- properties-advance-environment variable

under the heading system variable create environment variable classpath
name - classpath
value- %classpath%;.;d:\javaprg;

Hope it works

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

You are welcome

[manikandan jayakumar]

One more doubt can you rectify it?
If pack is a subPackage of com and while using pack's class in com should use any import statement?

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

manikandan jayakumar wrote:If pack is a subPackage of com and while using pack's class in com should use any import statement?

Yes, if both classes in a same package then no need to mention package[you can also mention-optional] else you need to mention package[import]

[manikandan jayakumar]

Hy dude thanks a lot for this help.
I came know many things with this site.
Thanks a lot lot lot lot



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[Campbell Ritchie]

There are several different ways to get access to a class:

1: Use a class in the same package.

2: Use a class in the java.lang package.

3: Import the class by name.

4: Import any classes in the package, used as required, with the import foo.bar.*; syntax

5: Use the fully-qualified name of the class.

Try to avoid using no 4; no 3 is a better way to import classes.