New instances created, but symbol cant be found error persists

Asked Jul 27 '20 at 12:19

Active Jul 27 '20 at 12:36

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I have 2 java classes, Client.java and RC4.java respectively, when compiling the code in cmd, I receive the error:

Client.java:50: error: cannot find symbol

RC4 rc4 = new RC4(hashed_password.getBytes());

I have already created an instance of RC4 in Client.java though, and that is why I dont understand why this error persists. For reference, these are my code snippets

Client.java

public class Client 
{ ...
RC4 rc4 = new RC4(hashed_password.getBytes());
...}

RC4.java

public class RC4
{...
public RC4 (byte[] key)
   {...
   }
}

Please take into account beginner to java here, so please not too much technical jargons ty

Added in cmd:

edited Jul 27 '20 at 12:36

asked Jul 27 '20 at 12:19

Hao

2

Do you import RC in Client? are the classes in the same package? is RC4 in classpath? – Jens Jul 27 '20 at 12:23
added in my cmd line w errors – Hao Jul 27 '20 at 12:36
The errors means that the compiler could not find the class RC4 when trying to compile Client.java. If RC4 is from another package you need to import it – Guillaume Jul 27 '20 at 12:39
add `.\` to the classpath javac -cp ./ Client.java – Jens Jul 27 '20 at 12:58
Does `javac *.java` or `javac RC4.java Console.java Client.java` do the job? – CodingTil Jul 27 '20 at 13:07
If not, try running it with `-g`, this gives more feedback about what went wrong (debugging). – CodingTil Jul 27 '20 at 13:14

New instances created, but symbol cant be found error persists

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