[java] Circular Packages

What error are you getting? You should be able to set this up - though it is unusual and I wouldn't recommend it if it can be avoided.

The error was

M.java:3: package D does not exist
import D.*;
^

My file structure is a folder called GAME. GAME has two folders, called D and M, my two package names. D has 2 classes, D and S, and an interface I. M has two classes C and M.

I wrote D, S, and I first. D is supposed to be a super-class of M. So M looks like:



package M;

import D.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class M extends D implements I {

public ArrayList<C> C=new ArrayList<C>();

public M() {
int[] x={395,405,405,395};
int[] y={395,395,405,405};
int n=4;
C m=new C(x,y,n);
m.a(true);
m.t(true);
C.add(m);
}

public void d(Graphics g) {
for (C c:C) {
c.d(g);
}
}

public void l(int n) {
for (C c:C) {
c.l(n);
}
}

}



I think I once used circular classes in eclipse before, and it worked okay, but after getting a new computer which I can't run eclipse on, I need to use command line to compile. So is there a way I would need to rearrange my file format for it to work?

P.S. Don't mind the one letter package, class, method, and variable names. And lack of comments. I can guarantee that it isn't the source of the problem. (At least, I hope not.)

Story: I was challenged to write a game using only one letter everythings and no commenting allowed, with exception to imported classes and main. I realized 26 classes was too restrictive, so I made packages. Then I ran into the circular package problem.

You need to ensure you are in the right directory. The javac compiler treats packages as directories. If you go to the directory GAME, and compile using something like javac M/M.java, it should work.

You need to ensure you are in the right directory. The javac compiler treats packages as directories. If you go to the directory GAME, and compile using something like javac M/M.java, it should work.

Second this! In the past, I've had problems with having two different libraries, each of which reference each other. You can still make it work, but when
you move to another machine and try to compile from scratch it won't work. But moving them to the same library has always worked, so I think you
may not be doing the packages by hand correctly.

Okay, now when I simul-compile (I was originally going into the two packages and compiling separately, thanks for advice!), it works, but when I try to run the main class S in package D, I get:

Exception in thread "main" java.land.NoClassDefFoundError: S (wrong name D/S)
etc.
etc.
.
.
.
Could not find the main class : S. Program will exit.

My compile and run batch file is this:


@echo off
PATH C:\glassfish3\jdk\bin

javac D\*.java M\*.java
pause

cd D
java S
pause


I was pretty sure the error meant I should change java S to java D/S, but when I do that, I gives the same NoClassDefFoundError D/S, without any wrong name inside parenthesis. Is the problem just that my main class is inside a package? I initially meant for D to stand for Defaultpackage, so I can move everything inside it to the main directory, but that would make the file organization look awkward... is there a problem with the batch file, or does the main class need to be outside of my packages?

When running from the command line, pretty much the same rules apply. Start in the super-directory and use java D.S.

Aah! It works! That was a rather quick reply too... only two minutes. Thanks for the help!