Class fails to import another class in J2SE1.4?Why?

Question

Dear experts,
I use JSDK1.4.2.
I havenot set any classpath.
I write the following two classes.
class1.java
public class1{
     public class1(){
     public void showMessage(){
          System.out.println("Message from class1");
I have another class "class2.java" with the following code:
import class1;
public class2{
     public static void main(String arg[]){
          class1 clsObj = new class1();
          clsobj.showMessage();
I have stored both the classes under c:\MyFolder.
I havenot used any package and i donot want to use packages.
when I compile "class1.java" in the C:\MyFolder> , Its compiled without any problem.
But when I try to compile the second class "class2.java",It shows the error at the line
"import class1", '. expected'
Though I can use the class1 as it is without importing it into class2.java, I used this as an example to solve some other problem.
What could be wrong? Should I set the classpath?
Please help me to resolve this.
Thankx in advance

Answer 1

This line does not look very pretty:
public class1 {Try this instead:
public class class1 {