Referencing classes outside package definition

Hi,
I have a strange problem, and I dont know if its a limitation of Java or my IDE (Intellij IDEA using java 1.4.1).
Basically I have a package structure
/classes/com/foo/MyClass.java
now from MyClass, I want to access another class file AnotherClass.java that has no package structure (and I can't change this). So I copied it to the /classes directory.
However, when I try to compile I get a "cannot resolve symbol" error. The IDE wont let me put "import AnotherClass" in the import section.
I'm confused! can anyone help? All I'm trying to do is reference a class "backwards" from the current package
cheers

The proprietry dll I have has already been compiled,
and has a reference to a Java class that performs the
appropriate JNI call. Thsi jva class has no package
structure.Well, then yes I'd suppose you are painted into a corner. Looks to me the no-package class should have been put into a package in the first place, as now you cannot reference that class from other classes that are in packages. Back to what I said earlier, writing classes without packages is a "bad" practice.

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