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3 replies on 1 page. Most recent reply: Jan 13, 2003 5:33 PM by Ugo Posada

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Ken Reagan

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Nickname: ken
Registered: Jan, 2003

Import statement

Posted: Jan 13, 2003 12:20 PM

I am just starting to learn Java. I have some code from a book. However, when I compile it I get a error message the it was expecting a '.' at the end of an import statement like:

import classname;

All the .java files that are referanced are in the same directory. Any ideas on what to try next would be appreciated.

Thanks

Matt Gerrans

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Nickname: matt
Registered: Feb, 2002

Re: Import statement

Posted: Jan 13, 2003 4:42 PM

Are you trying to import a class from the default package? If so, then you don't need to import it. You only need to import classes from packages, which would always involve the dots. For instance, to import all the classes and interfaces from a package called "silly," you'd have

import silly.*;

or to import just the class Thing, you'd have

import silly.Thing;

As you can see, imports always seem to involve dots.

Ken Reagan

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Nickname: ken
Registered: Jan, 2003

Re: Import statement

Posted: Jan 13, 2003 5:03 PM

It is a user generated class. The .java code is in the same directory as the code I am trying to compile. Thanks

Ugo Posada

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Nickname: binaryx
Registered: Dec, 2002

Re: Import statement

Posted: Jan 13, 2003 5:33 PM

If its in the same folder and it does not belong to a particular package you should not need to import the class at all.

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