Error in Servlet

Question

I am trying one servlet. But during compilation it is giving errors.
My Code :
// This Servlet tries to get the meaning of the word Client has entered.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class dictionary extends HttpServlet{
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
          throws ServletException, IOException{
          PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
          String word = req.getParameter("word");
          String definition = getDefinition(word);
          out.println(word +":" + definition);
Error :
Dictionary.java:16: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : method getDefinition (java.lang.String)
location: class dictionary
String definition = getDefinition(word);
^
1 error
I tried a lot to rectify this error. But couldn't find out what package to import for getDefinition.
Is it only due to not importing the package or something else.

Answer 1

Well, if the tutorial doesn't supply that code, then it was obviously not a full example.
In actual fact, its unlikely a tutorial is going to implement a complete dictionary. Fo a simple example, its simply going to be like this:
   public String getDefinition(String word)
        if(word.equalsIgnoreCase("man"))
            return("person with short hair");
        else if(word.equalsIgnoreCase("woman"))
            return("person with long hair");
        else
            return("word "+word+" not in dictionary");
    }