Importing entire user defined packages......

Question

When I try to import all the classes from a package using the * symbol
(as in: import shapes.*;)
I get the following error:
bad class file.
class file contains wrong class: shapes.RightTriangle
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
However if I import the classes individually,
import shapes.RightTriangle;
import shapes.Circle;
import shapes.MyRectangle;
etc......
It works fine. I haven't a clue why this is happening, can anybody help me?

Answer 1

The shapes package contains five .class files(no .java files):
Circle.class
RightTriangle.class
MyRectangle.class
Figure.class (abstract class for above base classes)
DrawFigure.class (interace used for drawing the different)
It is in the same directory as my main program .java and .class files.
I currently import all these .class files individually as in
import shapes.Figure;
import shapes.DrawFigure;
import shapes.Circle;
import shapes.RightTriangle;
import shapes.MyRectangle;
The next few lines of code are:
public class TestFigure1 extends Applet
MyRectangle rect1;
RightTriangle tri1;
Circle circ1;
public static void main(String argv[])
This compiles and runs without any problems.
However, I know it should be possible to import the entire shapes package in one go, so I replace the individual import statements with:
import shapes.*;
Now the compiler returns the error message I described above.
Any ideas?
P.S. How would I type the fully qualified path for the shapes directory?
It is located at C:\myjava\Figures\shapes
For example:
import myjava.Figures.shapes.Circle;
Is this statement correctly written?
When I try