Cannot Find Symbol for another class file

Question

I\'ve had this problem a few times, where I\'ve created another class file and the main class file can\'t find it. Here\'s the main class file:

package text         


        

Answer 1

Make sure the java files are all in the textfiles directory:

textfiles/FileData.java
textfiles/ReadFile.java

And run:

javac textfiles/FileData.java textfiles/ReadFile.java 
java textfiles.FileData

Your code works without any modification. I think you are compiling from a wrong directory:

C:\Users\Liloka\Source>javac FileData.java

Move the FileData.java to the textfiles directory.

Answer 2

You have to compile all the java files used by your main class. As ReadFile is used by FileData you have to compile it too.

Did you tried

javac Filedata.java ReadFile.java

or

javac *.java

?

Answer 3

There must be a conflict with generated classes. Just try to remove all the classes that have been generated and build project again.