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"Cannot find symbol" for my own class

I do not have a %CLASSPATH% set up. As I understand, this should not be a problem because Javac will assume a classpath of the current directory.

As you can see below, javac is unable to find my Case class even though it's in the same exact directory. Any thoughts on why this is happening? This code works fine when I use Eclipse.

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src\codejam2011\Round0\D>dir /B
Case.class
Case.java
EntryPoint.java

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src\codejam2011\Round0\D>javac EntryPoint.java

EntryPoint.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Case
location: class codejam2011.Round0.D.EntryPoint
                ArrayList<Case> cases = new ArrayList<Case>();
                          ^
EntryPoint.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Case
location: class codejam2011.Round0.D.EntryPoint
                ArrayList<Case> cases = new ArrayList<Case>();
                                                      ^
EntryPoint.java:24: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Case
location: class codejam2011.Round0.D.EntryPoint
                                cases.add(new Case(new Integer(count), line));
                                              ^
3 errors

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src\codejam2011\Round0\D>

Update 1:

After trying to compile from my package root (src), I get a new error (even after deleting the Case.class file)

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src>javac -cp . codejam2011/Round0/D/EntryPoint.java

codejam2011\Round0\D\EntryPoint.java:16: cannot access codejam2011.Round0.D.Case

bad class file: .\codejam2011\Round0\D\Case.java
file does not contain class codejam2011.Round0.D.Case
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
                ArrayList<Case> cases = new ArrayList<Case>();
                          ^
1 error

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src>

Update 2: It appears to be grabbing the Case.java file from a different package.

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src>javac -d ../classes codejam2011\Round0\D\*.java

.\codejam2011\Round0\D\Case.java:4: duplicate class: codejam2011.Round0.C.Case
public class Case
       ^
codejam2011\Round0\D\EntryPoint.java:16: cannot access codejam2011.Round0.D.Case

bad class file: .\codejam2011\Round0\D\Case.java
file does not contain class codejam2011.Round0.D.Case
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
                ArrayList<Case> cases = new ArrayList<Case>();
                          ^
2 errors

C:\Documents and Settings\joep\My Documents\GCJ\src>
Solution

  • You need to compile from the package root, not from inside the package.

    So, cd to the src folder and compile from there.

    javac -cp . codejam2011/Round0/D/EntryPoint.java

    Update: as per your new problem, you need to recompile Case.java the same way. It was apparently compiled the same wrong way (from inside the package).