Compiling files with nested directory structure

Question

I'm getting "resolve symbol" errors when I try to compile source files which
are in the child directory whose dependent on files from it's parent
directory. Here's my current directory structure:
src
-->a
---->b
------>util
What I'm trying to do is compile files which are in the 'util' directory.
Some of these files use some of the classes in the 'b' directory. My
compile statement is the following:
java -d class -classpath src src\a\b\util\aFile.java
Files in the 'util' directory has a import a.b.* statement on top, but I
don't think that's the problem, let alone necessary.
Any assistance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Files in the 'util' directory has a import a.b.*
statement on top, but I
don't think that's the problem, let alone necessary.You must import classes that you use if the classes are not in the same package. The classes in src\a\b should have a package statement as the first line of source code and I am guessing it should be "package a.b;" Likewise, the classes in src\a\b\util should have a "package a.b.util" line. It's hard to guess what you have in mind. If you have the package statements, then the classes in a.b.util can import a.b.whatever. This will work.