Cannot find symbol for some jms methods

Hi, I'm new to JMS and am having trouble compiling the HelloWorld example. I am able to create a connection but for some reason I cannot create a session from the same connection. I am however able to call some of the other methods such as getClientID, start, and close. Below is a copy of what i have compiled so far (which is basically a copy of the example code), the error message I get, and what I have CLASSPATH set to. If my CLASSPATH is not set correctly, I would assume none of the code would compile which is very confusing. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
//Step 1:
//Import the JMS API classes.
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.Session;
import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
import javax.jms.Queue;
import javax.jms.Session;
import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.TextMessage;
import javax.jms.*;
//Import the classes to use JNDI.
import javax.naming.*;
import java.util.*;
public class HelloWorldMessage
public static void main(String[] args){
     System.out.println("Hello World!");
     try{
Queue myQueue;
     // Instantiate a Oracle GlassFish(tm) Server Message Queue ConnectionFactory administered object
     com.sun.messaging.ConnectionFactory myConnFactory = new com.sun.messaging.ConnectionFactory();
     // Create a connection to the Oracle GlassFish(tm) Server Message Queue Message Service.
     Connection myConn = myConnFactory.createConnection();
     myConn.getClientID();
     // Create a session within the connection.
     Session mySess = myConn.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
     myQueue = new com.sun.messaging.Queue("world");
     myConn.close();
     catch(Exception jmse){
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# javac HelloWorldMessage.java
HelloWorldMessage.java:39: cannot find symbol
symbol : method createSession(boolean,int)
location: interface javax.jms.Connection
     Session mySess = myConn.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
     ^
1 error
# echo $CLASSPATH
.:/usr/java/default/j2sdkee1.3/lib/j2ee.jar:/usr/java/default/j2sdkee1.3/lib/:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/fscontext.jar:/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jndi.jar:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/jms.jar:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/imq.jar:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/jaxm-api.jar:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/imqxm.jar:/root/MessageQueue/mq/lib/imqservlet.jar
Edited by: 883631 on Sep 6, 2011 4:03 PM

You have an old j2ee.jar from 1.3 in your CLASSPATH.
Can you move jms.jar and imq.jar in front of that old j2ee.jar?
Thx/

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     quantityPurchased = purchased;
     if ( price > 0 )
     pricePerItem = price;
public double getInvoiceAmount()
     return quantityPurchased * pricePerItem;
public void setPartNumber( String newNumber )
     partNumber = newNumber;
     System.out.println(partDescription+" has changed to part "+newNumber);
public String getPartNumber()
     return partNumber;
public void setDescription( String newDescription )
     System.out.printf("%s now refers to %s, not %s.\n",
partNumber, newDescription, partDescription);
     partDescription = newDescription;
public String getDescription()
     return partDescription;
public void setPricePerItem( double newPrice )
     if ( newPrice > 0 )
pricePerItem = newPrice;
public double getPricePerItem()
return pricePerItem;
Any tips for helping me out?

System.out.println("Part number:
"+invoice1.getPartNumber;
The + sign will concatenate invoice1.getPartNumber()
after "Part number: " forming only one String.I added the plus sign and it gives me more errors:
C:\>javac InvoiceTest.java
InvoiceTest.java:16: operator + cannot be applied to java.lang.String
        System.out.println("Part number: ",   + invoice1.getPartNumber() );
                                              ^
InvoiceTest.java:17: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getPartDescription()
location: class Invoice
        System.out.println("Description: ", + invoice1.getPartDescription() );
                                                      ^
InvoiceTest.java:17: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,int)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Description: ", + invoice1.getPartDescription() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:18: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getQuantity()
location: class Invoice
        System.out.println("Quantity: ", + invoice1.getQuantity() );
                                                   ^
InvoiceTest.java:18: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,int)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Quantity: ", + invoice1.getQuantity() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:19: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,double)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Price: ", + invoice1.getPricePerItem() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,double)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Invoice amount: ", + invoice1.getInvoiceAmount() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:24: cannot find symbol
symbol : method setPartDescription(java.lang.String)
location: class Invoice
        invoice1.setPartDescription( "Yellow Hammer" );
                ^
InvoiceTest.java:25: cannot find symbol
symbol : method setQuantity(int)
location: class Invoice
        invoice1.setQuantity( 3 );
                ^
InvoiceTest.java:30: operator + cannot be applied to java.lang.String
        System.out.println("Part number: ", + invoice1.getPartNumber() );
                                            ^
InvoiceTest.java:31: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getPartDescription()
location: class Invoice
        System.out.println("Description: ", + invoice1.getPartDescription() );
                                                      ^
InvoiceTest.java:31: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,int)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Description: ", + invoice1.getPartDescription() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:32: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getQuantity()
location: class Invoice
        System.out.println("Quantity: ", + invoice1.getQuantity() );
                                                   ^
InvoiceTest.java:32: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,int)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Quantity: ", + invoice1.getQuantity() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:33: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,double)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Price: ", + invoice1.getPricePerItem() );
                  ^
InvoiceTest.java:34: cannot find symbol
symbol : method println(java.lang.String,double)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.println("Invoice amount: ", + invoice1.getInvoiceAmount() );
                  ^
16 errors

"cannot find symbol" errormessage

Hello
I want to keep my ArrayList information private so I declared:
private ArrayList<Integer> locationAddress;I created the ArrayList object in the constructor     public SimpleDotCom()
           locationAddress = new ArrayList<Integer>();
      }I was using a remove() method available with the ArrayList class.
I decided to encapsulate the remove() method in
public void removeLocationIndex(int index)
        locationAddress.remove(index);
      }but when I try to call the method by saying:   locationAddress.removeLocationIndex(index); I get an error message that says:
cannot find symbol; symbol : method removeLocationIndex(int), location: class java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.Integer> at line 47
Below is the class.
Thank you for your assistance public class SimpleDotCom
       private ArrayList<Integer> locationAddress;
     public SimpleDotCom()
           locationAddress = new ArrayList<Integer>();
      public void storeLocationAddress(int location)
        locationAddress.add(location);
      public void removeLocationIndex(int index)
        locationAddress.remove(index);
      static final int INCORRECTGUESS = 2;
      static final int GOODGUESS = 1 ;
      static final int WIN = 0 ;
     public int checkIfGuessIsCorrect(int userGuess)
        int result = INCORRECTGUESS;
      /* find out if the user guess is in the ArrayList
      by asking for it's index. If it's not in the list,
      then indexOf() returns a -1 */
      int index = locationAddress.indexOf(userGuess);
      if (index == -1)
          result = INCORRECTGUESS;
          System.out.print(" The result is a " + result + "... an Incorrect Guess !");
      if(index >= 0)
        /* if the index is zero or greater, it's in the list
        so remove it */
        locationAddress.removeLocationIndex(index);
        /* if the list isEmpty() then
           that was the "WINning" ing guess ! */
        if(locationAddress.isEmpty())
          result = WIN;
          System.out.print(" you WIN ! ");
        else
          result = GOODGUESS;    // 1 indicates a "hit"
          System.out.print(" The result is a " + result + " a GOOD GUESS");
      } // end outer if
      return result;
    }//end method
} // end class

locationAddress is of type ArrayList. ArrayList doesn't have a method called removeLocationIndex(). You can call that method on an object of type SimpleDotCom.
In a member method (such as checkIfGuessIsCorrect()) you can call this.removeLocationIndex() or simply removeLocationIndex() - the "this." is implicit. Which you prefer is up to you - some people see an explicit "this." as improving readability in some cases, some feel the extra typing is a sign of a newbie.

Java cannot find symbol [Color type]

* Parked car class
* class properties are
* - Car Color
* - Car Model
* - Car Make
* - License Number
* - Number of minutes car has been parked
public class ParkedCar {
// Field declarations for class ParkedCar
// declare color datatype (enum)
Color CarColor;
String CarModel,
CarMake,
LicenseNumber;
double TimeParkedMinutes;
public ParkedCar() {
CarColor = Color.NOTSPECIFIED;
CarModel = "NOT SPECIFIED";
CarMake = "NOT SPECIFIED";
LicenseNumber = "NOT SPECIFIED";
TimeParkedMinutes = 0.0;
} // end no arg constructor method for ParkedCar class
public ParkedCar(Color parkedColor, String parkedModel, String parkedMake, String parkedLicense, double parkedMinutes) {
CarColor = parkedColor;
CarModel = parkedModel;
CarMake = parkedMake;
LicenseNumber = parkedLicense;
TimeParkedMinutes = parkedMinutes;
} // end constructor ParkedCar
public Color getColor() {
return CarColor;
public String getModel() {
return CarModel;
public String getMake() {
return CarMake;
public String getLicenseNumber() {
return LicenseNumber;
public double getTimeParkedMinutes() {
return TimeParkedMinutes;
} // end class ParkedCar
I keep getting this compilation error
ParkedCar.java:21: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Color
location: class Color.ParkedCar
Color CarColor;
The enumerated data type Color is declared within a separate class file. This code will compile when Color is defined within this class. Seems that enums are somewhat of a strange breed. Any ideas?
Last edited by estex198 (2009-04-06 17:07:43)

found some example code. I'm definately doing something wrong here. Do I need an import statement somewhere? I found some example code on a tutorial site. The enumerated data type Days is only accessible to members of EnumTest if its declaration is within the class EnumTest (as opposed to storing the enum declaration in its own .java file.
public class EnumTest {
public enum Day {
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Day day;
public EnumTest(Day day) {
this.day = day;
public void tellItLikeItIs() {
switch (day) {
case MONDAY: System.out.println("Mondays are bad.");
break;
case FRIDAY: System.out.println("Fridays are better.");
break;
case SATURDAY:
case SUNDAY: System.out.println("Weekends are best.");
break;
default: System.out.println("Midweek days are so-so.");
break;
public static void main(String[] args) {
EnumTest firstDay = new EnumTest(Day.MONDAY);
firstDay.tellItLikeItIs();
EnumTest thirdDay = new EnumTest(Day.WEDNESDAY);
thirdDay.tellItLikeItIs();
EnumTest fifthDay = new EnumTest(Day.FRIDAY);
fifthDay.tellItLikeItIs();
EnumTest sixthDay = new EnumTest(Day.SATURDAY);
sixthDay.tellItLikeItIs();
EnumTest seventhDay = new EnumTest(Day.SUNDAY);
seventhDay.tellItLikeItIs();
If I were to store the enum declaration in its own file then it should look something like this(?):
public enum Day {
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Thanks for your time.

Max3.java:17: cannot find symbol

Hi guys,
Need some help here..
This is my code:
import java.util.Scanner;
import static java.lang.Math.*;
public class Max3{
     public static void main (String[] args)     {
     Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
     System.out.print ("Enter 1st number:");
     int first = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.print ("Enter 2nd number:");
     int second = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.print ("Enter 3rd number:");
     int third = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.println (Math.max(first,second,third));
===================================================================
This is the error im getting :
Max3.java:17: cannot find symbol
symbol : method max(int,int,int)
location: class java.lang.Math
System.out.println (Math.max(first,second,third));
^
1 error
====================================================================
Do i need to import the math? i read from somewhere that Math class is contained in the Java.lang package, and we therefore don't have to import it ...

I tried again, same error.
Edited Maths.max to only max
========================================
import java.util.Scanner;
import static java.lang.Math.*;
public class Max3{
     public static void main (String[] args)     {
     Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
     System.out.print ("Enter 1st number:");
     int first = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.print ("Enter 2nd number:");
     int second = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.print ("Enter 3rd number:");
     int third = kb.nextInt();
     System.out.println (max(first,second,third));
=================================================
Error:
C:\kenny>javac Max3.java
Max3.java:17: cannot find symbol
symbol : method max(int,int,int)
location: class Max3
System.out.println (max(first,second,third));
^
1 error
Thanks for spending some time on this!

Cannot find symbol: ServletFileUpload

Hey Guys/Gals,
Im attempting to setup commons FileUpload. I am following the instructions from the apache commons page but am having some minor first timer problems :)
fileUpload.jsp
<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.*" %>
<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload"%>
<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory"%>
<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.*"%>
<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.*"%>
<%@ page import="javax.servlet.*" %>
<%@ page import="javax.portlet.*" %>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>JSP Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <%
        // Check that we have a file upload request
        boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);
        if(isMultipart==true){
            System.out.println("isMultipart true");
        %>
    </body>
</html>I got the code directly from the apache commons site, i have the following .jar and .zip files in the classpath of both the application and the web server (common/lib).
commons-io-1.4.jar
commons-fileupload-1.1.1.zip
portlet-api.jar
And the error is the following:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\rquigley\.netbeans\5.5.1\apache-tomcat-5.5.17_base\work\Catalina\localhost\PhotoAlbum\org\apache\jsp\FileUpload\fileUpload_jsp.java:6: package org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet does not exist
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.*;
^
An error occurred at line: 26 in the jsp file: /FileUpload/fileUpload.jsp
Generated servlet error:
C:\Documents and Settings\rquigley\.netbeans\5.5.1\apache-tomcat-5.5.17_base\work\Catalina\localhost\PhotoAlbum\org\apache\jsp\FileUpload\fileUpload_jsp.java:68: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable ServletFileUpload
location: class org.apache.jsp.FileUpload.fileUpload_jsp
        boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);
                              ^
2 errors
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:510)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:375)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
     org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
     javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
     org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:368)I send a multipart post from another page:
FORM ACTION="FileUpload/fileUpload.jsp" METHOD="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
            <input type="file" name="file" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>Any idears would be great.
Thanks
Rob

dobsun wrote:
I got the code directly from the apache commons site, i have the following .jar and .zip files in the classpath of both the application and the web server (common/lib).
commons-io-1.4.jar
commons-fileupload-1.1.1.zip
portlet-api.jarA zip file is not a jar file. Extract the zip to get the jar file.

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