Cannot find symbol on new Book()

hi, i have problem with NetBean error when create program below:
class library{
main(){
Library xxx = new Library();
xxx.fillMe();
private void fillMe(){
libCat = new Cat(10);
// populate Cat
System.out.print("something");
Book book1 = new Book("something2");
libCat.addBook(book1);...
libCat.printCatalogue();
the error:
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String)
location: class Book
it runderlining with the above error with underline red line, can anyone help please?
thanks
chilli

yeh, i did, i did on the Book.java class:
Book libbook = new Book();
libbook.printDetails();
but error still:
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init:
deps-jar:
Compiling 1 source file to E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\build\classes
E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\src\Library.java:51: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int)
location: class Book
Book book1 = new Book("Java Essential , "Cay Horstmann", 2003);
E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\src\Library.java:54: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int)
location: class Book
Book book2 = new Book("Net Hacking ", "James Bond", 2001);
E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\src\Library.java:57: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int)
location: class Book
Book book3 = new Book("Internet and Networking Unleashed", "Tom Cruise", 2002);
E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\src\Library.java:60: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int)
location: class Book
Book book4 = new Book("Windows NT Server 4 Explorer", "Jackie Gibson", 1998);
E:\NetBeans java projects\MyProject06\src\Library.java:64: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Book(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int)
location: class Book
Book book5 = new Book("Upgrade and Build Your Own PC", "Wesley Snipes", 2003);
5 errors
BUILD FAILED (total time: 1 minute 26 seconds)
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thanks in advance

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Dmitry

Newbie question: cannot find symbol symbol: class STRING

I've just decided to teach myself some java, and on my first try something's going wrong and I don't know what it is.
I'm currently doing this tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/learn/example1.html
and everything is good until I try to compile it and I get this error in the cmd
HelloWorldSwing.java:30: cannot find symbol
cannot find symbol
symbol: class STRING
everything has been written verbatim from the tutorial, including "import javax.swing.*;"
What's wrong with it and how do I fix it?

Hi,
I saw the coding that You had given a link in your post. Change the following
public static void main(String[] args) {bye for now
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