Re: error: package jxl does not exist

From:
Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:16:45 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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Shaun Wiseman wrote:

I have started a new project in eclipse which needs to interact with excell [sic].
I have added the jar [sic] using eclipse [sic] and it is present in the .classpath file but


What JAR is that?

I am still getting this error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.
3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) on project JasperTest: Compilation failure
: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] \Documents and Settings\SWise\Desktop\JasperTest\src\test\java\JasperTest\JasperTest\excellReader.java:[3,0]
error: package jxl does not exist

[ERROR] \Documents and Settings\SWise\Desktop\JasperTest\src\test\java\JasperTest\JasperTest\excellReader.java:[6,20]
error: package jxl.read.biff does not exist

Any help at all would be appreciated.


Does Maven use the .classpath file?

How does Maven resolve classpaths?

Apparently the JExcelApi JAR is not actually in your classpath.

Your own package would be spelled with all lower-case letters if you followed the usual convention.

--
Lew

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