Can not find symbol

Question

i am wrting a bean which has methods and i am passing that bean
object to the method of another class but when i compile the second class i get the error can not find symbol and the method name of bean
which i want to acces in second class.

Answer 1

i a using Role.java bean in RoleManager.java the files are as follows
and when compiling the RoleManager.java i get the above error by showing method getOrderby() can not find symbol
/******** Role.java (bean class) ************************/
package com.tattva.pms.employee;
import java.beans.*;
public class Role implements java.io.Serializable
/** Holds value of property code. */
private String code;
/** Holds value of property type. */
private String type;
/** Holds value of property description. */
private String description;
     /** Holds value of property orderby */
     private String orderby;
/** Creates new Role */
public Role() {
/** Getter for property code.
* @return Value of property code.
public String getCode() {
return code;
/** Setter for property code.
* @param code New value of property code.
public void setCode(String code) {
this.code = code;
/** Getter for property type.
* @return Value of property type.
public String getType() {
return type;
/** Setter for property type.
* @param type New value of property type.
public void setType(String type) {
this.type = type;
/** Getter for property description.
* @return Value of property description.
public String getDescription() {
return description;
/** Setter for property description.
* @param description New value of property description.
public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
     /** Getter for property code.
* @return Value of property code.
public String getOrderby() {
return orderby;
/** Setter for property code.
* @param code New value of property code.
public void setOrderby(String orderby) {
this.orderby = orderby;
/****************************RoleManager.java*************************
package com.tattva.pms.employee;
import com.tattva.pms.employee.*;
//package com.tattva.pms.dept;
import com.tattva.pms.database.*;
//import com.tattva.pms.dept.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
     * Insert the type's description here.
     * Creation date: (5/22/02     1:53 PM)
     * @author: Sachin Bhansali
//public class DeptManager
public class RoleManager
     * The Declaration of the fields
     * to be used.
     * Decleration of Global variables
//private ConnectionPool ovPool = null;
//     private QueryManager ovQuery     = null;
     //private ResultSet ovResultSet     = null;
     private int rowCount          = 0;
/** Creates new DeptManager */
// public DeptManager()
     public RoleManager()
          super();
     * Creates new JobDtlManager
     * Commented constructor
/* public DeptManager(ConnectionPool conPool)throws SQLException{
ovPool = conPool;
ovQuery = new QueryManager(ovPool);
conPool = null;
     * throws exception PMSException and the general Exception
     * @param DeptBean contaning the details.
     // public int addDept(DeptBean dept)throws PMSException, Exception
     public int addRole(Role role)throws PMSException,Exception
          ConnectionPool ovPool = null;
          Connection ovCon = null;
          Statement ovStmt = null;
String sqlStr = null;
// The SQL query String
     /*     sqlStr = "Insert into DEPARTMENT_MST Name (V_CODE,V_NAME,V_LOCATION,V_FUNCTIONALITY, V_CREATED_BY) values ('"
                         + dept.getDeptCode() +"','" + dept.getDeptName() + "','" + dept.getDeptLoc() + "','" + dept.getDeptFun() +
                         "','" dept.getCreatedBy()"')";
     sqlStr = "Insert into ROLE_MST Name (V_CODE,V_TYPE,V_DESCRIPTION,N_ORDERBY) values "+
                    "('"+role.getCode()+"','"+role.getType()+"','"+role.getDescription()+"','"+role.getOrderby()+"')";
//start of try block
               try{
                    ovPool = new ConnectionPool();
               // ovCon = ovPool.createConnection("DeptManager: addDept(DeptBean dept)");
                    ovCon = ovPool.createConnection();
               ovStmt = ovCon.createStatement();
                    rowCount = ovStmt.executeUpdate(sqlStr);
               return 0;
               }catch(PMSException pmsEx){
                    throw pmsEx;
               }catch(SQLException sqlEx){
return sqlEx.getErrorCode();
               }catch(Exception e){
                    //throw new PMSException("addJob() SQLException Wrapped! " + e.getMessage());
                    throw new PMSException("addRole() SQLException Wrapped! " + e.getMessage());
               }finally{     
                    role=null;
                              //dept = null;
                              if(ovStmt != null)
ovStmt.close();
                              ovStmt =null;
                              ovPool.close(ovCon);
ovCon = null;
                                   ovPool =null;
//end of try block
}