Package not found in import problem

JohnBoyW · Sep 20, 2002

Package xxxx not found in import.

A common error I'm sure, but it has taken me hours to try and sort it out, to no avail.

Can anyone help with this error please?

1/ I placed file P6.jsp in directory webapps\lab06
2/ I placed file NameStore.class in directory webapps\Lab06\web-inf\classes\MyUtils
3/ Using Tomcat I opened my .jsp file in the browser using URL

http://localhost:8080/lab06/P6.jsp

4/ The P6.jsp file was found, but my class file NameStore.class in package MyUtils was not found. This was the error shown in my browser:-
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org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSPNote: sun.tools.javac.Main has been deprecated.

C:\jdk1.4\jakarta-tomcat-4.0.1\work\Standalone\localhost\lab06\P6$jsp.java:3: Package MyUtils not found in import.

import MyUtils.* ;
^

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My current directory set up is:-

webapps--lab06( contains P6.jsp)
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--- web-inf
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-----classes
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------MyUtils (contains NameStore.class)

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My P6.jsp code starts with :-

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>P6.jsp</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<%@page import="MyUtils.* ,java.util.*"%>
...
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The source file for my Namestore class, i.e NameStore.java
code starts with:-

package MyUtils;

import java.util.*;

public class NameStore {...
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thanks,

John Withington

theBorg · Oct 2, 2002

I am having the same problem. Have you found a solution yet?

JohnBoyW · Oct 2, 2002

Hi theBorg, no I have not unfortunately a solution to this problem yet. It seems so fundamental the answer must be simple but it has been a problem for me for 11 days now! I have put two posts on the Sun JSP forum as well, but no-one has replied. My Java teacher has not come up with a solution either, he said yes the structure has to be of the type:

Code:

/webapps/myapp( contains .jsp file)/web-inf/classes/MyUtils/NameStore.class

,where MyUtils is the package name
(first statement in the NameStore.class, NameStore is used by the .jsp code in MyUtils directory)

I can only assume that as no-one has replied with a solution that this structure is correct and most people get along fine with it. I wonder if the classpath may be the problem and if there is a way of seeing where(which directories) the .jsp is looking for the class at translation time?

I'll post an answer to this forum if I get one.

John

stiruchendurai · Dec 24, 2002

I had a similar problem with JBossWeb. Cleaning up the tmp directory helped solve the problem.

For JBossWeb,
Stop the service.
Delete the contents of JOBSS_HOME/tmp.
Start the service.

A similar directory may exist (I guess it is called 'work')for tomcat. Cleaning this may help.

Good luck.

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