Cannot find symbol error.. really stuck.

Question

I have a class named Rectangle.java. It is in a package "Geometry" together with Point.java and Line.java. But when I try to use Rectangle.java in my main program, MyRect.java, it gives me a "cannot find symbol" error, particularly the methods and sometimes the variables. I tried compiling just my Rectangle class and it compiled fine.. And I tried the Line and Point classes on another program and it works fine... well probably because the Line and Point classes are from a book(Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2).. I am just starting out in Java. :)
Rectangle.java
package Geometry;
public class Rectangle{
    public Point[] corner = new Point[4];
    public String name;
    public Rectangle(){
        corner[0].setPoints(0,0);
        corner[1].setPoints(1,0);
        corner[2].setPoints(0,1);
        corner[3].setPoints(1,1);
        name = new String("Unknown");
    public Rectangle(double point1_x,double point1_y,double point2_x, double point2_y, String Name){
        corner[0].setPoints(point1_x, point1_y);
        corner[3].setPoints(point2_x, point2_y);
        corner[1].setPoints(point2_x, point1_y);
        corner[2].setPoints(point1_x, point2_y);
        name = new String(Name);
    public Rectangle(final Rectangle oldRect, String Name){
        corner[0] = oldRect.corner[0];
        corner[3] = oldRect.corner[3];
        corner[1] = oldRect.corner[1];
        corner[2] = oldRect.corner[2];
        name = new String(Name);
    public double getWidth(){
        return corner[0].distance(corner[1]);
    public static void printRectangle(final Rectangle rect){
        for(int i= 0;i<4;i++){
            System.out.println("Corner"+(i+1)+" X: "+rect.corner.getX()+" Corner"+(i+1)+" Y: "+rect.corner[i].getY());
System.out.println();
public String toString(){
return ("Name: "+name);
}MyRect.java
import Geometry.*;
public class MyRect{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(0,0,2,1);
        Rectangle copyRect = new Rectangle(myRect);
        printRectangle(myRect);
        double width = myRect.getWidth();
}and the errors:
MyRect.java:4: cannot find symbol
symbol  : constructor Rectangle(double,double,double,double,java.lang.String)
location: class Rectangle
                Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(0.0,0.0,2.0,1.0,"My Rectangle")
                                   ^
MyRect.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable name
location: class Rectangle
                System.out.println(myRect.name);
                                         ^
2 errors

Answer 1

Are you sure you have posted the whole content of MyRect.java
import Geometry.*;
public class MyRect{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(0,0,2,1);
        Rectangle copyRect = new Rectangle(myRect);
        printRectangle(myRect);
        double width = myRect.getWidth();
}I don't see the following error line in the code you have given.
MyRect.java:4: cannot find symbol
symbol  : constructor Rectangle(double,double,double,double,java.lang.String)
location: class Rectangle
                Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(0.0,0.0,2.0,1.0,"My Rectangle")
                                   ^
MyRect.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable name
location: class Rectangle
                System.out.println(myRect.name);
                                         ^
2 errors