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moongeegee - 20 Sep 2007 20:39 GMT

I use import TableTest1 in my TableDemo.java file. But I got compiling
error as below.

TableDemo.java:5: '.' expected
import TableTest1;
^

Please help.

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Laurent D.A.M. MENTEN - 20 Sep 2007 20:45 GMT

moongeegee a écrit :

> I use import TableTest1 in my TableDemo.java file. But I got compiling
> error as below.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Please help.

If TableTest1 is a class, either it is in the same package so you don't
need to import it, or it is in another package then you have to prefix
it with its package specification.

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Roedy Green - 21 Sep 2007 03:29 GMT

>I use import TableTest1 in my TableDemo.java file. But I got compiling
>error as below.
>
>TableDemo.java:5: '.' expected
>import TableTest1;

you need to post more code to make the error clear. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/import.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/package.html

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Roedy Green - 21 Sep 2007 03:41 GMT

>TableDemo.java:5: '.' expected
>import TableTest1;
> ^

package names are usually all lower case.
You don't import classes that don't live in packages.
If you have more than one class, they all should live in explicit
packages.

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Thomas A. Russ - 21 Sep 2007 19:11 GMT

> I use import TableTest1 in my TableDemo.java file. But I got compiling
> error as below.
>
> TableDemo.java:5: '.' expected
> import TableTest1;
> ^

Import is only needed for classes defined in other Java Packages. It
deals with package visibility in your file. Eliminate the import statement.

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Lew - 21 Sep 2007 20:11 GMT

>> I use import TableTest1 in my TableDemo.java file. But I got compiling
>> error as below.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Import is only needed for classes defined in other Java Packages [sic]. It
> deals with package visibility in your file. Eliminate the import statement.

The source of the compiler error was
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/packages.html#7.5>

> It is a compile time error to import a type from the unnamed package.

Arguably the error message should say so in just those words, instead of "'.'
expected".

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Roedy Green - 22 Sep 2007 00:26 GMT

>TableDemo.java:5: '.' expected
>import TableTest1;

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/compileerrormessages.html#DOTEXPECTED

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