Issues importing packages

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This may be a duplicate, but I can't find any solutions that are similar to mine. (I probably just suck at searching)

I'm currently new and this is the first time actually stepping up to ask a dumb question, but I'm currently trying to important packages but it doesn't recognize my packages. I've created a com folder in my C: drive and created two folders named school and home. In the school folder, I have two folders named student and teacher and in the home folder, with multiple classes in each folder. In the home folder, I have a main class that imports the packages from the student and teacher folder, but it won't recognize my packages.

home folder -

hi.java (import com.school.student.; and import com.school.teacher.; )

student folder - multiple class files with (package com.school.student;) at the top

teacher folder - one class file with (package com.school.teacher;) and (import com.school.students.*;)

I can't tell what I'm doing wrong as it's not recognizing com.school.student.; and com.school.teacher.; in the hi.java method.

which IDE you use? eclipse or netbeans or else ? do the hi.java in project separated from your packages ? — Anas, Mar 02 '17 at 21:06
you have to add them into your class path if you are using command prompt to run your java class — Yohannes Gebremariam, Mar 02 '17 at 21:07
I'm being taught to use only text files at school currently. — TheNubProgrammer, Mar 02 '17 at 21:13
@YohannesGebremariam how might i achieve this? javac -classpath C:\com\java\student hi.java? — TheNubProgrammer, Mar 02 '17 at 21:14
@Anas Basically I have a main folder called com with two folders inside (school and home) and school has two more folders (student and teacher) and I have my main class in the home folder that wants to use the classes in the student and teacher folder. — TheNubProgrammer, Mar 02 '17 at 21:22
To compile(assuming from your root path) : javac -classpath \com\school\student ; \com\school\teacher hi.java — Yohannes Gebremariam, Mar 02 '17 at 21:30
@YohannesGebremariam am i to run these two statements seperately? because it gives me an error saying invalid flag: ; — TheNubProgrammer, Mar 02 '17 at 21:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '17 at 21:08

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You have to remove period(.) from the end of import statements.

Instead of

 com.school.student.; 
 com.school.teacher.;

use

 com.school.student.*; 
 com.school.teacher.*;

This will import all the classes from com.school.student and com.school.teacher packages. It is better to import only those classes which will be used by your class.

You can use any IDE like Eclipse or NetBeans to code. Both of them are free.

answered Mar 02 '17 at 21:08

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I forgot to add the asterisk in my post. They were already included in my statement. – TheNubProgrammer Mar 02 '17 at 21:14

Issues importing packages

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