im getting this error when i am compileing a package declaration in java in the command line
javac -d .\java_shorts.java
.\java_shorts.java:3: error: class, interface, enum, or record expected
package shorts;
^
1 error
//java_shorts.java file
import java.io.Printwriter;
package shorts;
public static class java_shorts
{
public static void command_line_output(String string_input)
{
System.out.print(string_input);
}
public static int random_number_generator_range_exclude_data_base()
{
}
public static void hello_world()
{
command_line_output("hello_world \n\n");
}
}
////////////////////
/////main call file
import account_methods.account_core;
import shorts.java_shorts;
public class account_main
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
java_shorts short_java = new java_shorts();
short_java.hello_world();
}
}
I was hoping to import a class from a external file.
Package definition should be before the import definitions.
package shorts;
import java.io.Printwriter;