How generic is this class? Where can I get a copy?

[tilleyrw]

As part of my daughter's science project on Astronomy, I wish to use the software, CODES (Comet Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software).

While the main website is gone, the Internet Wayback machine allowed me to download the project files minus one. The missing file is GUI$1.class.

Google returns so many references to "GUI$1.class" that I am led to think it's a generic file. Where can I find a copy of this .class file?

[Tolls]

That's an inner class of GUI.
It's not generic in any way.

Does the wayback machine have the source code? I notice the link to it on that page.

[JosAH]

GUI$1.class is the compiled form of an anonymous class; the compiler generates a name for it (here: GUI$1). If you have the sourses, don't bother about it because it will be generated again if you compile the GUI.java class source again.

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

In fact yes it does.
I'd recompile it, which shouldn't be a problem since you have the other classes.
Get the GUI.java into the same directory as the other class files you've managed to get hold of then, in a cmd prompt in that directory:
javac -cp . GUI.java

[tilleyrw]

I am a complete newcomer to Java. A slew of errors arise when issuing a ":tilleyrw$ javac -cp . GUI.java" command, the following errors occur.

Without even reading the code I think that the errors seem related as from the one "GUI.java:510" error about not finding the symbol, the rest of the errors are of a similar nature lower down. As though a class was not found.

Searching on the web (Google) indicates that these are well-established and error-free codings, so I am hesitant to declare the code has errors.


robert-tilleys-imac:CODES tilleyrw$ javac -cp . GUI.java
GUI.java:510: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Graphing
location: class GUI
Graphing gp = new Graphing();
^
GUI.java:510: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Graphing
location: class GUI
Graphing gp = new Graphing();
^
GUI.java:11018: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
else if ((mp.number_of_planets == 310) && (mp.include_asteroid_ring == false))
^
GUI.java:11020: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
else if ((mp.number_of_planets == 310) && (mp.include_asteroid_ring == true))
^
GUI.java:11119: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
mp.include_asteroid_ring = false;
^
GUI.java:11123: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
mp.include_asteroid_ring = false;
^
GUI.java:11127: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
mp.include_asteroid_ring = false;
^
GUI.java:11131: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable include_asteroid_ring
location: class MinorPlanet
mp.include_asteroid_ring = true;
^
8 errors

[kjkrum]

Are you at the root of the source tree when you use -cp . ? If the classes are in a package, you'd need to be. For example, if the class is some.package.GUI, you would need to be in the directory containing the /some/package directory tree, not in the /some/package directory itself.

Is there a Graphing.java file in the same package as GUI.java? Or is there an import statement at the top of GUI.java that mentions the Graphing class, and if so, is there an error about that?

[tilleyrw]

Yes, I am in the directory "CODES" which contains all the program files.

In the file "GUI.java", the first instance of "Graphing" in the program is:

/* Define gp to be an instance of the Graphing class; it can then be used to trigger graphs of results. */
Graphing gp = new Graphing();

There is no import statement with "Graphing". How can I find where this class should be defined?

As I'm missing "GUI$1.class" I think I may be out of luck here.

[kjkrum]

That implies that there should be a Graphing.java in the same directory.

You need not be concerned with GUI$1.class. That file will be created if GUI.java ever compiles successfully.