Adobe AlterCast

Question

Has anyone done any dev work with this software. I'm new to java, and am having problems compiling this...
import com.adobe.altercast.sdk.*;
import com.adobe.altercast.samples.utils.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class ReplaceText {
StringBuffer alterCastCommands = new StringBuffer();
alterCastCommands.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n\n");
alterCastCommands.append("<commands>\n");
alterCastCommands.append("\t<loadContent source="C:/altercastpsds/greybox.psd"/>\n");
alterCastCommands.append("\t<replaceText
               target="/psd/layer[@name='text']"
               text="test" />\n");
alterCastCommands.append("\t<saveOptimized name="C:/test.gif" />\n");
alterCastCommands.append("</commands>\n");
Server acServer = AlterCastServers.acquireServer(getServletContext().getRealPath("/"));
Request acRequest = AlterCast.createRequest();
acRequest.setCommands(altercastCommands.toString());
IAlterCastResponse iResponse = new AlterCastResponse();
Response acResponse = acServer.execute(acRequest);
iRequest.setCommands(AlterCastCommands.toString());
iResponse.receive(iServ.send(iRequest));
These are the errors generated...
C:\>15 errors
'15' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\>javac "C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java"
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:12: <identifier> expected
alterCastCommands.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:13: <identifier> expected
alterCastCommands.append("<commands>\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:14: <identifier> expected
alterCastCommands.append("\t<loadContent source="C:/altercastpsds/greybox.psd"/>
\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:15: <identifier> expected
alterCastCommands.append("\t<replaceText
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:15: unclosed string literal
alterCastCommands.append("\t<replaceText
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:17: illegal character: \92
text="Pentium 4 mobile processor" />\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:17: unclosed string literal
text="Pentium 4 mobile processor" />\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:29: ';' expected
iResponse.receive(iServ.send(iRequest));
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:2: package com.adobe.altercast.samples.utils
does not exist
import com.adobe.altercast.samples.utils.*;
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:5: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:6: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
import javax.servlet.http.*;
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:12: package alterCastCommands does not exist
alterCastCommands.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:13: package alterCastCommands does not exist
alterCastCommands.append("<commands>\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:14: package alterCastCommands does not exist
alterCastCommands.append("\t<loadContent source="C:/altercastpsds/greybox.psd"/>
\n");
^
C:\altercast\java\ReplaceText.java:15: package alterCastCommands does not exist
alterCastCommands.append("\t<replaceText
^
15 errors

Answer 1

First of all, throw this code in something. A static block, a method, a constructor... something.
Second... you have quotations inside your strings, as in
alterCastCommands.append("\t<loadContent source="C:/altercastpsds/greybox.psd"/>\n");
You can escape these with a backslash (\) as in
alterCastCommands.append("\t<loadContent source=\"C:/altercastpsds/greybox.psd\"/>\n");
Third.. looks like you're having trouble importing those altercast files. Make sure your classpath points to either the root of the directory structure that holds those class files, or else the .jar file that contains them
Give those things a run through, and see what happens.