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    copied!<p>I'm new to java programming language. I made a package name pack. Which contains two java classes A.java and B.java. I'm using jdk1.5 and tomcat. I want to create an object of A type and place it in B.java. Below is how i am trying to do this but getting two error messages.</p> <p><strong>package pack;</strong></p> <p><strong>A.java</strong></p> <pre><code>public class A { private String str; public A(){} //constructor method public void setName(String str){ this.str = str; } public String getName(){ return str; } } </code></pre> <p><strong>B.java</strong></p> <pre><code>public class B { private String temp; public B(){} //constructor method public String getTemp(){ A a = new A(); //creating an object of A type temp = a.getName(); //assigning the value of getName method to temp variable return temp; // returning temp variable } } </code></pre> <p>Jdk1.5, tomcat and package pack are in the below directory</p> <p><strong>D:\java></strong></p> <p>Below are the steps that i am taking to compile A.java and B.java</p> <p><strong>compiling A.java</strong></p> <pre><code>D:\&gt;cd java D:\Java&gt;cd pack D:\Java\pack&gt;set path=D:\java\jdk1.5\bin (**setting up path of jdk1.5**) D:\Java\pack&gt;javac A.java (**Compiling A.java. Compiled it successfully**) </code></pre> <p><strong>compiling B.java</strong></p> <pre><code>D:\Java\pack&gt;javac A.java (**Compiling B.java. Unable to compile**) **(Error Message is below)** D:\Java\pack&gt;javac B.java B.java:9: cannot find symbol symbol : class A location: class pack.B A a = new A(); //creating an object of A type ^ B.java:9: cannot find symbol symbol : class A location: class pack.B A a = new A(); //creating an object of A type ^ 2 errors </code></pre>
 

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