A problem with Package Paths.... i think

Question

Hey im struggling with these errors im getting.
First i should ecplain the layout
this is the directory im working with
public_html>WEB_INF>classes>com
Ok i have 3 java files in here which all compile happily until i try and put them into a package. Once i do this the DbBean,java file complains that it cannot find the other 2 files
This is the error i get when i try to compile it
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DbBean.java:108: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
public Product getProductDetails(int productId) {
^
DbBean.java:69: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
Product product = new Product();
^
DbBean.java:69: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
Product product = new Product();
^
DbBean.java:93: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
Product product = new Product();
^
DbBean.java:93: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
Product product = new Product();
^
DbBean.java:109: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
Product product = null;
^
DbBean.java:117: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Product
location: class com.DbBean
product = new Product();
^
DbBean.java:149: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ShoppingItem
location: class com.DbBean
ShoppingItem item = (ShoppingItem) enume.nextElement();
^
DbBean.java:149: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ShoppingItem
location: class com.DbBean
ShoppingItem item = (ShoppingItem) enume.nextElement();
^
Note: DbBean.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
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The files in the directory are DbBean.java, Product.java and ShoppingItem.java
Here is the code of each file.
package com;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.sql.*;
import com.DbBean.*;
//import com.DbBean.Product;
//import com.DbBean.ShoppingItem;
import java.util.*;
public class DbBean {
public String dbUrl = "";
public String dbUserName = "";
public String dbPassword = "";
public void setDbUrl(String url) {
dbUrl = url;
public void setDbUserName(String userName) {
dbUserName = userName;
public void setDbPassword(String password) {
dbPassword = password;
public Hashtable getCategories() {
Hashtable categories = new Hashtable();
try {
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUserName, dbPassword);
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT CategoryId, Category FROM Categories" +
ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(sql);
while (rs.next()) {
categories.put(rs.getString(1), rs.getString(2) );
rs.close();
s.close();
connection.close();
catch (SQLException e) {}
return categories;
public ArrayList getSearchResults(String keyword) {
ArrayList products = new ArrayList();
try {
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUserName,
dbPassword);
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT ProductId, Name, Description, Price FROM Products" +
" WHERE Name LIKE '%" + keyword.trim() + "%'" +
" OR Description LIKE '%" + keyword.trim() + "%'";
ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(sql);
while (rs.next()) {
Product product = new Product();
product.id = rs.getInt(1);
product.name = rs.getString(2);
product.description = rs.getString(3);
product.price = rs.getDouble(4);
products.add(product);
rs.close();
s.close();
connection.close();
catch (SQLException e) {}
return products;
public ArrayList getProductsInCategory(String categoryId) {
ArrayList products = new ArrayList();
try {
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUserName, dbPassword);
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT ProductId, Name, Description, Price FROM Products" +
" WHERE CategoryId=" + categoryId;
ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(sql);
while (rs.next()) {
Product product = new Product();
product.id = rs.getInt(1);
product.name = rs.getString(2);
product.description = rs.getString(3);
product.price = rs.getDouble(4);
products.add(product);
rs.close();
s.close();
connection.close();
catch (SQLException e) {}
return products;
public Product getProductDetails(int productId) {
Product product = null;
try {
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUserName, dbPassword);
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
String sql = "SELECT ProductId, Name, Description, Price FROM Products" +
" WHERE ProductId=" + Integer.toString(productId);
ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(sql);
if (rs.next()) {
product = new Product();
product.id = rs.getInt(1);
product.name = rs.getString(2);
product.description = rs.getString(3);
product.price = rs.getDouble(4);
rs.close();
s.close();
connection.close();
catch (SQLException e) {}
return product;
public boolean insertOrder(String contactName, String deliveryAddress,
String ccName, String ccNumber, String ccExpiryDate, Hashtable shoppingCart) {
boolean returnValue = false;
long orderId = System.currentTimeMillis();
Connection connection = null;
try {
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, dbUserName, dbPassword);
connection.setAutoCommit(false);
Statement s = connection.createStatement();
String sql = "INSERT INTO Orders" +
" (OrderId, ContactName, DeliveryAddress, CCName, CCNumber, CCExpiryDate)" +
" VALUES" +
" (" + orderId + ",'" + contactName + "','" + deliveryAddress + "'," +
"'" + ccName + "','" + ccNumber + "','" + ccExpiryDate + "')";
s.executeUpdate(sql);
// now insert items into OrderDetails table
Enumeration enume = shoppingCart.elements();
while (enume.hasMoreElements()) {
ShoppingItem item = (ShoppingItem) enume.nextElement();
sql = "INSERT INTO OrderDetails (OrderId, ProductId, Quantity, Price)" +
" VALUES (" + orderId + "," + item.productId + "," +
item.quantity + "," + item.price + ")";
s.executeUpdate(sql);
s.close();
connection.commit();
connection.close();
returnValue = true;
catch (SQLException e) {
try {
connection.rollback();
connection.close();
catch (SQLException se) {}
return returnValue;
package com;
public class Product
public int id;
public String name;
public String description;
public double price;
package com;
public class ShoppingItem
public int productId;
public String name;
public String description;
public double price;
public int quantity;
I'm sure it has something to do with my directory structure, Were using a Tomcat server through Uni so i dont have access to change the context paths or anything like that. Any way to over come this problem would be so much appreciated! if your from Melbourne i'll buy u a beer ;o)
Thanks heaps.
Message was edited by:
SomethingStupid

Answer 1

if you start javac in your directory
public_html>WEB_INF>classes>com
the compiler cannot find the the classes Product and ShoppingItem.
Start the compiler in public_html>WEB_INF>classes:
javac com/*.javaThe path
public_html/WEB_INF/classes
is in your case the classpath. javac uses the current working directory as default classpath. The classpath contains "root points" of package directory trees.