Compilation Error in basic java class

Question

Hello,
I am newbie. And, I have developed following java classes. But the child class is results in error. Below is step by step event. What am I doing wrong?
Step 1. Created a compiled class Shirt(parent). No issues
public class Shirt {
public int shirtID =0;
public String description = "description required";
// color codes
public char colorCode = 'U';
public double price = 0.0;
public int quantityInStock = 0;
// methods
public void displayShirtInformation() {
   System.out.println("Shirt ID: " + shirtID);
   System.out.println("Shirt description:" + description);
   System.out.println("Color Code:" + colorCode);
   System.out.println("Shirt price: " + price);
   System.out.println("Quantity in Stock :" + quantityInStock);
} // end of method
} // end of class
Step 2. Child class results in compilation error
public class ShirtTest{
public static void main (String[] args) {
     Shirt myShirt;
     myShirt = new Shirt();
     myShirt.displayShirtInformation();
Step 3. Error show below
C:Java>javac ShirtTest.java
ShirtTest.java:4: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Shirt
location: class ShirtTest
     Shirt myShirt;
     ^
ShirtTest.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class myShirt
location: class ShirtTest
     myShirt = new myShirt();
                   ^
2 errors Thanks D,

Answer 1

Hello all. I am in a similar boat as far as getting the error message:
javac ShirtTest.java
ShirtTest.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Shirt
location: class shirt.ShirtTest
        Shirt privShirt = new Shirt();
        ^
ShirtTest.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Shirt
location: class shirt.ShirtTest
        Shirt privShirt = new Shirt();
                              ^
2 errorsMy Shirt.java is as follows(which compiles just fine):
     1  package shirt;
     2
     3  public class Shirt {
     4
     5      private char colorCode = 'U';
     6
     7      public char getColorCode() {
     8          return colorCode;
     9      }
    10
    11      public void setColorCode (char newCode) {
    12          colorCode = newCode;
    13      }
    14
    15  }And my ShirtTest.java is as follows:
     1  package shirt;
     2
     3  public class ShirtTest {
     4
     5      public static void main (String args[]) {
     6
     7      Shirt privShirt = new Shirt();
     8      char colorCode;
     9
    10      privShirt.setColorCode('R');
    11      colorCode = privShirt.getColorCode();
    12
    13      System.out.println("Color Code: " + colorCode);
    14      System.out.println(" ");
    15
    16      privShirt.setColorCode('Z');
    17      colorCode = privShirt.getColorCode();
    18
    19      System.out.println("Color Code: " + colorCode);
    20
    21      }
    22
    23  }This is basically from the Fundamentals of the Java ^TM^ Programming Language SL-110-SE6 Student Guide(pages 9-12 & 9-13). We are working on Encapsulation if that makes any difference. Maybe it's just me but this book is not very new programmer/user friendly. At least in my opinion. I find it very frustrating that I can't even type in examples from the book and get them to work.
I have tried the javac -cp . ShirtTest.java suggested here but get the same error. I have removed all *.class* files and still no luck.
OS:
uname -a
SunOS 5.10
JAVA:
java -version
java version "1.5.0_26"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_26-b03, mixed mode)
Anyway, any help would be appreciated.