Calling a external Java method from JSP - using Tomcat server

Hi all,
I am trying to call a method in an external Java file from my JSP. I am using Tomcat server.
I have my class within the package package "mypackage" and it is called myclass.class. It has only one static method mymethod() which reads from a file and writes to a file.
I compiled the java class and I put the class file under webapps/ROOT/web-inf/classes/mypackage/myclass.class
I am trying to say something like this from my JSP file(which is under webapps/ROOT) :
<%@ page import = "mypackage.myclass"%>
<% myclass.mymethod(); %>
I am not instatiating the class as its a static method.
This is what I get while accessing my jsp file :
javax.servlet.ServletException: try to access class mypackage.myclass from class org.apache.jsp.index_005ftest_jsp
To put my problem in a nutshell, Can someone guide me how to access a method of an external class from a JSP page? I have a bunch of pages doing the same operation so I thought I would have it in a method and call it from every page. Even though I tried to put the file under web-inf/classes, The JSP is not able to see the class.
Please help.
Thanks
-Uday

I have a situation that is a bit similar. I have successfully used beans for storing methods used in JSPs and used by other methods in the same class as was suggested above. Now I would like to break some methods into another (utility) class since they are lower level and can be used by lots of things. They are for database operations (given a String query and String dbname, it queries and returns ResultSet for example). I want to have them in a separate class for reusability and OOP.
I am having problems calling those public static methods in the public class from my bean that communicates with the JSP. I can't compile the class that calls the method in the database ops class. I get an error like :
loginHelper.java:45: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable sqlHelper
location: class dbHelperBean.loginHelper
and when I include the package name in the call I get
loginHelper.java:45: cannot find symbol
symbol : class sqlHelper
location: package dbHelperBean
That's strange since the package of both classes is dbHelperBean and the class is indeed called sqlHelper. I tried to compile it in the same directory as sqlHelper as well. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any help.

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