Hi,

Thanks for your input :-)

I've narrowed the problem down to make it clearer:

I created a 'test' directory, placed 2 classes in there.
The code is short and as follows:

#####################################
package test;

public class Pref
{
   // attributes
   private String reason;

   // constructor method
   public Pref()
   {
   }

   // methods
   public String getReason()
   {
       return reason;
   }

   public void setReason(String reason)
   {
       this.reason = reason;
   }
}
####################################
package test;

public class PrefBean
{
  // constructor method
  public PrefBean()
  {
  Pref p = new Pref();
  }

}
####################################

I can compile Pref.java, no probs
When compiling PrefBean.java the following error occurs:

[luke@knife test]$ javac PrefBean.java
PrefBean.java:8: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class Pref
location: class test.PrefBean
  Pref p = new Pref();
  ^
PrefBean.java:8: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class Pref
location: class test.PrefBean
  Pref p = new Pref();
               ^
2 errors
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I can compile both classes if I don't include the 'package' statement
but I need to use these classes from JSPs, which only compile if the classes
are in packages,

So why don't they compile?
What am I doing wrong?
kind regards,
Luke