Specific clarification in classpath documentation

Question

At the documentation for setting the class path http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/classpath.html it says under the second paragraph below Understanding the Class Path and Package Names :
"For example, suppose you want the Java runtime to find a class named Cool.class in the package utility.myapp. If the path to that directory isC:\java\MyClasses\utility\myapp, you would set the class path so that it contains C:\java\MyClasses."
Instead of that directory, shouldn't it read Cool.class? If not, what's the reason?

Answer 1

At the documentation for setting the class path
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/cl
sspath.html it says under the second paragraph below
Understanding the Class Path and Package Names
"For example, suppose you want the Java runtime to
find a class named Cool.class in the package
utility.myapp. If the path to that directory
isC:\java\MyClasses\utility\myapp, you would set the
class path so that it contains C:\java\MyClasses."
Instead of that directory, shouldn't it read
Cool.class? If not, what's the reason?I guess either one is okay. By "that directory," they presumably mean "the directory where the class file resides" or "the directory indicated by the package name."
To cut through the semantic nitpicking, what they mean is that the full path to your class file is C:\java\MyClasses\utility\myapp\Cool.class. and you'd add C:\java\MyClasses to your classpath.
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