Newbie trying to compile.

[mikedaruke]

Ok looks like I have no packages or classes installed. Something is wrong. I did the whole tomcat install, add all the paths, Jsp pages I see, I try to compile this servlet, from a book ( I am learning) and i get this.

TestingServlet.java:1: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
TestingServlet.java:2: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
import javax.servlet.http.*;
^
TestingServlet.java:6: cannot find symbol
symbol: class HttpServlet
public class TestingServlet extends HttpServlet {
^
TestingServlet.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletRequest
location: class TestingServlet
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
^
TestingServlet.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpServletResponse
location: class TestingServlet
HttpServletResponse response)
^
TestingServlet.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletException
location: class TestingServlet
throws ServletException, IOException {
^
6 errors

Any help?

 

[sedj]

Set your CLASSPATH to include TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib/servlet-api.jar


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[mikedaruke]

I have that in there. Unless I need to reboot

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar;

 

[mikedaruke]

Ok if I run it like this it works.

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\myApp\WEB-INF\cla
sses>javac -classpath ".;c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\
common\lib\servlet-api.jar" TestingServlet.java

Where am I supposed to add this to the path? I have XP and i do it by controlpanel,system, advanced, enviroment vars.

I edit the PATH. Any other ones am I supposed to edit?

Java_Home? Or am I supposed to add a path? Please help!

 

[Diancecht]

If you're compiling from the command line, you should add that jar to the CLASSPATH variable, not PATH.


Cheers,

Dian