cannot find symbol

[LimblessQuasar]

Hi,

So...I'm just learning java for fun, using various tutorials around the web. Here's the one I'm on right now...

Building an Application: Introduction

I got past a lot of compiling errors last night/this morning, but now I've run into something I don't really understand.

The error is;
DiveLog.java:88:cannot find symbol
symbol : class Resources
location: class divelog.DiveLog
new Welcome(), (Except the ^ is below the capital W on Welcome)
^

I actually get 6 errors total, but they all look like this(One for Dives, Welcome, Resources, Statistics, Diver, and WebSite). I have tried searching, but to no avail. Hopefully there's something I'm missing!

Here is my code, and no, it is not yet complete :)

package divelog;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;


public class DiveLog
{
    //Opens DiveLog class

    private JTabbedPane tabbedPane;
    private JFrame dlframe;



    public DiveLog()
    {
        //Opens DiveLog constructor

        //Create a frame object to add the application
        //GUI components to.

        dlframe = new JFrame("A Java(TM) Technology Dive Log");

        // Closes from title bar
        //and from menu
        dlframe.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
        {
            // Opens addWindowListener method
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
            {
                // Opens windowClosing method
                System.exit(0);
            } // Closes windowClosing method
        }); // Closes addWindowListener method


        // Tabbed pane with panels for Jcomponents

        tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(SwingConstants.LEFT);
        tabbedPane.setBackground(Color.blue);
        tabbedPane.setForeground(Color.white);

        // Calls a method that adds individual tabs to the
        //tabbedpane object.
        populateTabbedPane();

        //Calls the method that builds the menu
        buildMenu();

        dlframe.getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);

        dlframe.pack();
        dlframe.setSize(765, 690);
        dlframe.setBackground(Color.white);
        dlframe.setVisible(true);
    } // Ends class constructor

    private void populateTabbedPane()
    {
        // Opens populateTabbedPane method definition
        // Create tabs with titles


        tabbedPane.addTab("Welcome",
                          null,
                          new Welcome(),
                          "Welcome to the Dive Log");


        tabbedPane.addTab("Diver Data",
                          null,
                          new Diver(),
                          "Click here to enter diver data");

        tabbedPane.addTab("Log Dives",
                          null,
                          new Dives(),
                          "Click here to enter dives");

        tabbedPane.addTab("Statistics",
                          null,
                          new Statistics(),
                          "Click here to calculate dive statistics");

        tabbedPane.addTab("Favorite Web Site",
                          null,
                          new WebSite(),
                          "Click here to see a web site");
        tabbedPane.addTab("Resources",
                          null,
                          new Resources(),
                          "Click here to see a list of resources");
    } //Ends populateTabbedPane method


    private void buildMenu()
    {
        // Opens buildMenu method definition
        JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
        JMenu menu = new JMenu("File");
        JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Exit");

        //Closes the application from the Exit
        //menu item.
        item.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
        {
            // Opens addActionListener method
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
            {
                // Opens actionPerformed method
                System.exit(0);
            } // Closes actionPerformed method

        }); // Closes addActionListener method

        menu.add(item);
        mb.add(menu);
        dlframe.setJMenuBar(mb);
    }// Closes buildMenu method


    // main method and entry point for app
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Opens main method

        DiveLog dl = new DiveLog();


    } // Closes main method



} //Ends class DiveLog

Any help is greatly appreciated...

Cheers,
Limbless

[Fubarable]

You're calling new Resources() here:

        tabbedPane.addTab("Resources",
                          null,
                          new Resources(),

but where is your Resources class code?

[JosAH]

You may know that Welcome, Diver etc. are classes but the compiler doesn't know that, nor does it know where to find the compiled code for those classes, nor even their source code; you have to tell it where it can find them. You either specify a classpath for that purpose or a source path. Type 'javac -help' for the details.

kind regards,

Jos

[LimblessQuasar]

Thanks both for the quick replies!

You're calling new Resources() here:

        tabbedPane.addTab("Resources",
                          null,
                          new Resources(),

but where is your Resources class code?

It's in a seperate java file. Isn't that where it should be? It's basically nothing at this point, as I'm supposed to compile this first - just to get a look at it - and then get to all the various classes.

You may know that Welcome, Diver etc. are classes but the compiler doesn't know that, nor does it know where to find the compiled code for those classes, nor even their source code; you have to tell it where it can find them. You either specify a classpath for that purpose or a source path. Type 'javac -help' for the details.

kind regards,

Jos

Okay, I'm going to refrain from being totally helpless here. (Or at least try to). -help is pretty straightforward; use -classpath for user class files/annotation, use -sourcepath for input source files. But I'm unsure which to use, or how to use them. Should I be specifying the classpath/sourcepath in the code itself? (This sounds like it would more sense, but I'm doubtful) Or should I just be adding these as part of my javac command? Like; javac -classpath C:\Program Files\DiveLog DiveLog.java (I tried that and it didn't work, so I'm guessing I just typed it wrong).

Cheers,
Limbless

[DarrylBurke]

Like; javac -classpath C:\Program Files\DiveLog DiveLog.java (I tried that and it didn't work, so I'm guessing I just typed it wrong).

When a path contains spaces, it needs to be enclosed in quote. Note that this isn't Java-specific.

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