Cannot import javax.servlet

Hello,
I'm trying to write a javabean to use with in jsp code.
In the bean I need to use <code>HttpServletResponse and for this I need to add :
</code>import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
this throws me the exception : package javax.servlet does not exist.
CLASSPATH = .;D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib\servlet-api.jar;D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib\jsp-api.jar;D:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib\el-api.jar;
I have no idea where I need to include this class.
Thanks in advance for your help.

No idea about Netbeans, but in Eclipse you can just accosiate an application server with the web project, then it will automatically take its libraries (the javax.servlet and so on) in the buildpath.

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I have set the classpath already
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When you ran that command, what happened? Let javac.exe tell you the right answer.
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SDK having installed Tomcat on a Linux box so that I
can start getting to know JSP.
I am following an example in a book I have for this
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