Tomcat cannot find .class -- help!

I've a simple jsp question related to Tomcat. The test.jsp file is as follows:
<html>
<head>
<title> hello there </title>
<body>
<h2> hello there </h2>
<%
hellothere h=new hellothere();
h.sayworld();
%>
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My question is: where should I place hellothere.java and hellothere.class? I have tried placing them under
$CATALINA_HOME/webapps/mystuff/WEB-INF/classes and the jsp page under $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/mystuff and invoke from the browser http://localhost:8080/mystuff/test.jsp.
I know the answer has to be very obvious for the experts. Please help!

You know, I always thought it was optional, but apparently it's required. It's really a combination of two separate problems.
First, your class file must be part of a package.
Second, the import statement must start with the package name.
There are many acceptable package naming conventions, but for this example, I will use what Sun Microsystems recommends, however much I disagree with it. At the very top of hellothere.java, add the line:
package com.murthy64.hello;
You may substitute "murthy64" with whatever nickname you'd like. The intent is to pick a name that's not likely to conflict with a third party software package, for example anything under com.sun is from Sun, and com.ibm is from IBM. Yes, com.microsoft is also reserved.
Recompile the hellothere.java.
On the Tomcat Server, create the com directoy under the webapps/mystuff/WEB-INF/classes directory. Create the murthy64 directory under that newly created com directory. Then create the hello directory. Your full path at this point should end in WEB-INF/classes/com/murthy64/hello.
Place the hellothere.class file in that hello directory.
In the JSP page, change the page import statement to read:
<%@ page import="com.murthy64.hello.*" %>
Then it should work. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm also suggesting that you get into the habit of using the wildcard there so that if you create additional classes, you can put them in the same package (by adding the package statement), drop them into that hello directory, and the JSP page will automatically find them all.
Yes, this is a really cumbersome way of doing it, and there are shortcuts you can take, but let's get this much working first.

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