Explain this example

[vvus bharadwaj]

I am still confused.Please explain this exapmle?
test|
GetJar.java|
myapp |
Foo.java
public class GetJar{
public static void main(String...a)
{
System.out.println(myapp.Foo.d);
}
}
package myapp;
public class Foo{
public static void main(String args[])
{
public static int d=8;
}
}

A)javac -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar.java
java GetJar

This answer is correct.why java does not use the classpath option.Jvac uses and why java does not use it?

Why this answer is wrong.
javac -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar.java
java -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar

Please clarify my doubt.i AM TOTALLY CONFUSED

[gurpeet singh]

javac by default searches for source files in the current directory. java searches for class file in current directory by default. now you are in test directory. right. now when you are compiling GetJar.java , it needs Foo class which is in Myjar.jar. now you have to use classpath switch to specify the classpath where the class files are that are required by GetJar.java. so you specified javac -classpath GetJar.jar GetJar.java .

since you are in test directory(which is the parent of the package root myapp) when you did java GetJar it will search for class files in current directory which is test. now inside test you have GetJar.jar which contains the compiled Foo class.

Remember that in java the classpath should be the parent of the package root. here the package root is myapp and its parent is test . so test should be in classpath which it is, because you are in test directory.

[Helen Ma]

java -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar means go to the MyJar.jar file, but cannot find GetJar class file.
For javac, -classpath includes the classes that are needed to compile a java file.

For java, -classpath should include the classes that are needed to compile a java file, as well as the path to find the class file that contains the main method.

java -classpath GetJar means go to the current directory, find MyJar.jar as well as GetJar.class , and execute GetJar class .

[gurpeet singh]

vvus bharadwaj wrote:I am still confused.Please explain this exapmle?
test|
GetJar.java|
myapp |
Foo.java
public class GetJar{
public static void main(String...a)
{
System.out.println(myapp.Foo.d);
}
}
package myapp;
public class Foo{
public static void main(String args[])
{
public static int d=8;
}
}

A)javac -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar.java
java GetJar

This answer is correct.why java does not use the classpath option.Jvac uses and why java does not use it?

Why this answer is wrong.
javac -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar.java
java -classpath MyJar.jar GetJar

Please clarify my doubt.i AM TOTALLY CONFUSED

And please use code tags. otherwise nobody would bother answering your question.

[vvus bharadwaj]

Now i tried another example.Look at this.I do not specify any classpaths i.e in environment variable

This is the following directory structure.

Source|
pack1|
File1.java
pack2|
File2.java
I compiled the file2.java successfully and i got the class file.
Now i import the pack2.File2 in File1.java and i used the imported file in file2 class.I compiled the file2.java in pack1 directory only using "javac File2.java".It also successfully compiled.Why it has been compiled.You said that Javac look for only source files in current directory by default.I used the file2 class and it is in pack2 directory.I think javac looks for the source files and class files it needed in current directory by default.Is this right?

I dont know how to run this program.I used the following commands

I am in source directory.I used this command
java -classpath . pack1.File2
You said that we have to give the parent of root package directory.But this is not working.Please give methe correct command

[Helen Ma]

Based on the previous post:
"java -classpath . pack1.File2" won't work because File2 is not in pack1 package.

[vvus bharadwaj]

Sorry.I posted it wrong.Actual command is

java-classpath . pack1.file1

[Helen Ma]

Will this actual command work?
What is the error message? ClassNotFound?
Does File1 have a main method?

I compiled the file2.java in pack1 directory only using "javac File2.java"

If File2 is in pack2, you may want to compile it under pack2.
Suppose your current directory is in source directory, try to use javac -classpath . -d pack2 pack2\Fil2.java to see if it works.