Adding .class files to your project and making them work.

Question

Ok, im fairly new to java and having trouble understanding how to make importing of .class files work. Im using eclipse 3.2
I have the files in a directory and I have gone to project->properties->java build path->libraries->add external class folder and pointed it to the correct place.
Now, I am trying to use some of the classes it provides. I get no errors when creating the object with this code:
com.ECS.client.jax.ItemSearchRequest itemRequest = new com.ECS.client.jax.ItemSearchRequest();
Before I did the add external class folder that code would error cause it didnt know what com.ECS was. Now it works fine. My problem is that when I try to use a class, it does not recognize it as a class. After doing the above code I have:
itemRequest.setSearchIndex("Books");
its giving me an error on the period, saying: "Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s)". Its not seeing that it is a class, so I can't use it. But when I am creating the object I get no errors. For reference, here is the chunk of code:
com.ECS.client.jax.ItemSearchRequest itemRequest = new com.ECS.client.jax.ItemSearchRequest();
itemRequest.setSearchIndex("Books");
the second line of which errors. So my question is, how do I get it to recognize that the itemRequest is a class when I have imported the .class files to my project already?

Answer 1

It's working fine. It's just that you have to put your code in a method.