Package scope and import statements

Hi everubody,
I'm studing a code: foo.java written by sb. else. In the code, I have:
package com.dir1.dir2.dir3;
import com.dir1.dir4.code1;
import com.dir1.dir5.code2;
The code: foo.java exists in the directory: com/dir1/dir2/dir3 as expected. However, in the import statements, there is NO dir4 and dir5 under com/dir1? Shouldn't the import statements be relative to the directory of package?
Guess I'm missing a point here... Any help is greatly apprecited.

When you import:
import co.mycompany.my.MyClass
then MyClass should reside in the directory:
co/mycompany/my, right?Right. Somewhere in the classpath there would have to be that directory structure. Again, that could be an actual directory name, or a path name in a Jar.
Then if the code: foo.java resides in the directory:
com/dir2/dir3 with the:
package com.dir1.dir2.dir3;
How the compiler and JVM finds the code MyClass
(which you imported in foo.java)?Thru the magic known as the classpath.

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Package-Import statement problem

Greetings JDC Community...
This problem has been driving me insane for over an hour. It's a simple package-import problem. I have a file called DataAddingTest.java which is in my C:\Java\risk\tests\ directory and it has a package statement "package risk.tests;". Then I try to import all of the files I have in the risk directory by using "import risk.*;" and it whines in error that "package risk does not exist". I'm about ready to throw my computer... can someone help me? Thanks for your time.
-Billy Mahabir

Hello again everyone...
It seems all of you have mistaken my problem to some degree. The beginning part of my DataAddingTest.java file reads like this:
// This class tests adding data to the data structures in my Risk(c) game.
package risk.tests;
import risk.*;
DataAddingTest.java is in my C:\Java\risk\tests\ directory. I am trying to import a whole bunch of files from my main risk directory, i.e., C:\Java\risk\. And it is just not working. I have no idea why. I'm pretty sure I have the correct syntax for what I'm doing; it should work. The exact error message I get at compile-time is this:
DataAddingTest.java:5: package risk does not exist
import risk.*;
^
There is indeed a C:\Java\risk\ directory (of course), and it contains many java files, all of which have "package risk;" declared at the top. And yes, I have also compiled those before I try to compile this file. Someone please help! Thanks for everyone's time.
-Billy Mahabir

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