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simple java exception

Posted by nkd on September 30, 2001 at 1:04 AM

I have a very silly question. Let's say I have two classes. One named TextReader.java and the other named LeapYear.java. Let's also say that LeapYear.java creates a new instance of TextReader named keyboard. Both of these files reside in the same folder. There are no defined packages. When I run my code in JBuilder, it runs perfectly, no errors. I can compile TextReader from the command prompt (with javac) with no problems. When I try to compile LeapYear from the command prompt with javac, I get the following error:

C:\test>javac LeapYear.java
LeapYear.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class TextReader
location: class LeapYear
TextReader keyboard = new TextReader();
^
LeapYear.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class TextReader
location: class LeapYear
TextReader keyboard = new TextReader();

If both of these files are located in the same folder, why can't javac find TextReader? This seems like such a simple thing, I must be missing something obvious.

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