Re: help: Eclipse import cannot be resolved

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:16:42 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<cfd6c684-c798-49a5-835d-856cac778c21@z27g2000prz.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 17, 12:08 pm, www <xs...@yahoo.com> wrote:

In one project, we created a jar file(myJar.jar) containing
Person.class file.

Now, in Eclipse, I created a new project, hoping to use Person from
the Jar file: in "Properties", I have added myJar.jar in the
"Libraries". Now, I created this Java file(Student.java):

import department.resource.Person; //Eclipse shows in error red,
saying: "The import department.resource.Person cannot be resolved".

public class Student extends Person
{
...

}

I don't understand how come this be. F3 "Person" does bring me to
Person.class (no source attached). So Person.class is visible.

If I make Eclipse save Student.java, the import statement was deleted
automatically and Student.java has no red error anymore. However, when
I run Student.java as main application, Eclipse immediately throws
ClassNotFoundException for "Person".


What is the internal directory layout of the JAR file? (You can use a
standard ZIP utility or the "jar" command itself to determine this.)

--
Lew

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