Problems importing a class with inner class

Question

Why can't I import a class so that I can use an (inner) static member class without naming the enclosing class. Put simply, I have:
file C:\MyJava\Test\A:
public class A {
  public static class B { }
}file C:\MyJava\Test\C
import A.*;
public class C { }When I try to compile C (javac -classpath C:\MyJava\Test;. C.java) it fails with C.java:1: package A does not exist

Answer 1

Class A must be in a package if you wish to import it. If you want to use the inner class, just import somepackage.A. You could then refer to A.B...
HTH :o)