Java compiling error

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1

I need Help folks;
I'm very new to Java & i was trying to compile some java files & i got a lot of errors (see below), could some one tell me what am i doing wrong?

These are the files i need to compile:

AddCommentActionLogging.java
EditPageActionLogging.java

When i run:
/opt/jdk1.5.0_08/bin/javac *.java

I get these errors:

AddCommentActionLogging.java:3: package com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions does not exist
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.AddCommentAction;
^
AddCommentActionLogging.java:5: package org.apache.log4j does not exist
import org.apache.log4j.Category;
^
AddCommentActionLogging.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol: class AddCommentAction
public class AddCommentActionLogging extends AddCommentAction
^
AddCommentActionLogging.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Category
location: class com.ptc.ssp.se.tools.confluence.AddCommentActionLogging
private static Category log = Category.getInstance(
^
EditPageActionLogging.java:3: package com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions does not exist
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.EditPageAction;
^
EditPageActionLogging.java:5: package org.apache.log4j does not exist
import org.apache.log4j.Category;
^
EditPageActionLogging.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol: class EditPageAction
public class EditPageActionLogging extends EditPageAction
^
EditPageActionLogging.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Category
location: class com.ptc.ssp.se.tools.confluence.EditPageActionLogging
private static Category log = Category.getInstance(

2

This looks like a major problem. I suggest you set up your CLASSPATH to include all the various places that contain the Java code you are going to reference.

3

Could you please explain more?

4

Find out the corresponding jars for each of the the import class/pkg and add those jars in the classpath and then start compiling.

5

Using a tool such as Apache Ant will make it easier for compiling projects with complicated class paths by putting the build instructions in a build file (similar to Makefile).