Import statement is not working

Question

hi everybody,
I have a directory under which I have a number of sub-directories. Lets call this directory "parent_directory". under this directory I have another directory called "child_1". Under "child_1" I have another subdirectory called "child_2". Now I have a code in child_2 that has the following statement:
import program_1;
//this is a program present in the parent directory. lets call it
//program_1.java
when I am compiling I am getting an error saying:
program_2.java:28: '.' expected
import program_1;
^
1 error
program_2.java is the program present in child_2 in which I have included the import statement.
If I change the ";" to "." then again error appears as the import statement only needs the name of the class and doesnot need the extension.
I will be very grateful to you if you could please suggest me a way around this.

Answer 1

This questions belongs in the "New to Java" forum ...
sigh
Anyways, import works on package names with trailing * or full qualified class names, e.g.import mypackage1.*; // imports all classes in mypackage1
import mypackage2.MyClass2; // imports MyClass2 from mypackage2So instead of import program_1; you need to do
1. ensure that program_1 is in some package
2. ensure that your directory structure mirrors your package structure (same names!)
3. ensure that your CLASSPATH is either not set at all or points to the parent dir of your topmost package
Example:
Directory structure:C:\tmp\java\top\
C:\tmp\java\top\MyClass1.java
C:\tmp\java\top\bottom\
C:\tmp\java\top\bottom\MyClass2.java
CLASSPATH=".;<java install dir>\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\tmp\java"Source for MyClass1.java:package top;
public class MyClass1 {
}Source for MyClass2.java:package top.bottom;
import top.MyClass1;
public class MyClass2 {
  private MyClass1 myClass1;
}