Importing / compiling and running with .jar package

[splinter64uk]

Hi,

I'm getting really confused trying to use an add-on package. I have a .jar file containing the classes and I have the import statement referencing it. However, every time I compile and run do i need to use the -cp switch and specify the path of the jar? Seems like a lot of typing when the .jar file is in the same directory.

I've also tried organising my own project into packages but the files wont compile (I get a package does not exist error even though the package is defined using the package statement). Any tips/ good tutorials on this?

Cheers.

[staykovmarin]

Yes you have to do -cp, otherwise java wont know where to look for your classes.

When you compile a package, you should make sure that you have the right structure:

Code:

package com.examples;

That means that your structure would be:

Code:

|-src
 |-com
  |-example
   |-Test.java
   |-Other.java

so when you compile, you would cd to the src folder, and type

Code:

javac com.example.Test.java