setting classpath ????

[Rajeev Ravindran]

hi all,
im facing a problem with setting the classpath on Tomcat 4.0.. hmm lemme explain it.
I kept a servlet inside the package
test.common
the name of the servlet is GenerateMenu.java
ie the servlet path is
..web-inf/classes/test/common/GenerateMenu.java.
I want to use a JavaBean to store some values..
i kept the Bean (MenuBean.java) inside classes directory .ie the path of bean is
..web-inf/classes/MenuBean.java
i set the classpath to the classes directory..
I was able to call files from another packages like test.dbase.DBConnectionManager from
GenerateMenu, but after its showing compilation error for the MenuBean which i kept inside the classes directory.
the complation o/p is

GenerateMenu.java:30: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MenuBean
location: class test.common.GenerateMenu
MenuBean menu; ^
GenerateMenu.java:66: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class MenuBean
location: class test.common.GenerateMenu
menu = new MenuBean();
^
2 errors

can any1 tell me how to solve this ???
thanx
Raj

SCJP2

[Rajeev Ravindran]

hi,
i solved it..i had to add

import MenuBean;

inside the GenarateMenu.java file...
it was silly doubt naa !!!
Thnx
Raj..
SCJP2

[N Val]

Hi raj,
can u pls tell me..how u set up JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME variables?
I am using Win Xp professional.
I went into control panel>system> environmant variables and set up the path variable.
When I start the startup.sh it says those variables are not set. What could be the problem. I read all the possible documents on the net. but still it won't work.
Can u help me?
Thanks.

[Bear Bibeault]

Did you open a new console window after setting the environment variables? Existing console windows will not pick up the changes dynamically.
hth,
bear

[N Val]

Hi
Thanks for the response. I did open a new console...infact i restarted my system too...but it won't work.
i even tried to manually edit the catalina.sh file by setting the path...
same error again .
what could be wrong?
thanks.

[Dave Jochim]

I run catalina.bat instead of catalina.sh on WinXP.
And actually i didn't have to set CATALINA_HOME. For JAVA_HOME I created the new variable JAVA_HOME where you mentioned before, "control panel>system> environmant", instead of adding to the 'path' variable.
Hope that helps.
[ March 07, 2003: Message edited by: Dave Jochim ]

[N Val]

Hi Dave,
thanks for the reply.
What exactly did u do with catalina.bat? did u change any variables in that?
thanks

[praveen patil]

hi,
the best thing u can do is create ur own .bat
file in which u can include all classpaths & homepaths. every time u startup ur PC ,run ur bat file from command prompt.
Praveen

[Dave Jochim]

Hi N Val,
No, I didn't make any changes to catalina.bat. I think having JAVA_HOME set was the only thing I adjusted to first get it running.