Import,package

Question

Hi All!
Does somebody know what's wrong in import statement?
Thanks.
****err msg************
Client.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Utilities
location: package shared
import mygame.shared.Utilities;
^
Client.java:23: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable Utilities
location: class mygame.client.Client
     Utilities.printMsg("creating output stream");
^
Client.java:32: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable Utilities
location: class mygame.client.Client
     Utilities.printMsg("writing current date");
^
3 errors
****pgm***********
package mygame.client;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import mygame.shared.Utilities;
public class Client extends Thread {
Socket clientSocket = null;
public Client(Socket s) {
     clientSocket = s;
public void run() {
     if (clientSocket == null) {
     return;
     PrintStream out = null;
     Utilities.printMsg("creating output stream");
     try {
     out = new PrintStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
     } catch (IOException e) {
     System.err.println("Error binding output to socket, " + e);
     System.exit(1);
     Utilities.printMsg("writing current date");
     Date d = new Date();
     out.println(d);
     try {         
     out.close();
     clientSocket.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
protected void finalize() {
     if (clientSocket != null) {
     try {
          clientSocket.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
     clientSocket = null;
****pgm***********
package mygame.shared;
public class Utilities {
// set DEBUG = false and compile to stop debug messages
final static boolean DEBUG = true;
public static void printMsg(String msg) {
     if (DEBUG) {
     System.out.println(msg);

Answer 1

Could you give me an example of how to code a path to a package.
In this case to shared.Utilities.
Thanks.
package mygame.client;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import mygame.shared.Utilities;
public class Client extends Thread {