compile errors (how do I fix)

I'm trying to complie a tetris game.
I found a pretty small soruce code here:
The Tetris game

I made the three files
Tetris.java
Shape.java
Board.java


i'm using command line javac to compile

shape.java complies fine,
if i put shape.java in a folder called "tetris" and put Tetris.java and Board.java next to the folder, I get a error with this line

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public Board(Tetris parent) {

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i also get a complier error in tetris.java on the line

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Board board = new Board(this);

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To me the error seems due to the face board.java and tetris.java both have classes that are refering to one another.

is there a way to complie two files at once?

how do I comple???

I found way more complicated tetris games that I got to work, but I really like the code used on this page, because it not too long and the website breaks it down line by line

please help?

I would try putting all the java files into one folder, i would then compile each java file using javac. After that I would use the java command to run the file that has the main method that starts the game.

Also note - when you are trying to compile a file name file.java, you use:
javac file.java

to run that file you use: java file

Best,

Place the .java files in folders which are named according to their package name (see Managing Packages). Then compile using javac in the root directory (root relative to the package). Alternatively, use an IDE like Eclipse to help manage the packages and just import the files and let the IDE do the dirty work

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Originally Posted by doWhile

Place the .java files in folders which are named according to their package name (see Managing Packages). Then compile using javac in the root directory (root relative to the package).

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thanks that link was helpful

all the files start with

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package tetris;

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so i put them in a folder called "tetris" then in the terminal I cd-ed to the parent folder of tetris and ran:

javac tetris/Tetris.java


summary

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mike@mike-desktop:~/workspace/tetris$ ls
Board.java  Shape.java  Tetris.java
mike@mike-desktop:~/workspace/tetris$ cd ..
mike@mike-desktop:~/workspace$ javac tetris/Tetris.java
mike@mike-desktop:~/workspace$ ls tetris/
Board.class  Board$TAdapter.class  Shape.java              Tetris.class
Board.java  Shape.class          Shape$Tetrominoes.class  Tetris.java

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so I finally got it to compile!

now I need to figure out how to run it.

its running, i'm happy!!

thanks alot doWhile

Code:

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$ java tetris/Tetris

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