I have a problem compiling a Java servlet program under Fedora-20.
I'm not sure if the problem arises from my ignorance -
I haven't used Java for several years, and never with servlets -
or if the issue is the Java setup under Fedora,
or thirdly, if there has been a change in the organisation of Java,
and in particular in the configuration of the CLASSPATH.
In any case, I have been trying to compile the servlet HelloWorld.java
from <
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/servlets/servlets-first-example.htm>
When I run "javac HelloWorld.java" I get a number of errors like
HelloWorld.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
I see that this class is in /usr/share/java/tomcat-servlet-api.jar
and if I expand this jar file in the current directory
then the compilation succeeds.
But it is not sufficient to copy the jar file to the current directory
(or to put a link to it in /usr/lib/java/ .)
My question is: what should I do to ensure that javac sees this jar file
without expanding it in this way?
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Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/
eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland