CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
user47103
user47103

Reputation: 179

How to use a class from another package in java?

I am wondering how to use a class from another package

here's a file that inside the package project1

package project1;

class student{

    void print(){
        System.out.println("s");
    }

}

class teacher{
    void print(){
        System.out.println("t");
    }
}

public class Project1 {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
    }

}

here's a file inside a the package project2

package project2;

import project1.student;

public class Project2 {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        student x = new student();
    }

}

but I am getting a error that student is not in public,

Am I importing the student class in a wrong way that I can't use the student class , or it's impossible to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 14357

Answers (5)

Jordi Castilla
Jordi Castilla

Reputation: 26961

Check this link

If a class doesn't have a modifier (public, private...) it uses the default modifier, that means the class can only be accessed from the same package.

In this this table you will see easily:

Access Levels

Modifier    Class   Package Subclass  World
public      Y       Y       Y         Y
protected   Y       Y       Y         N
no modifier Y       Y       N         N       // this is your class
private     Y       N       N         N

So you need to declare Student class as public in a separated file, or put Project2 in the same package than Student and Teacher

public class student{   
    void print(){
        System.out.println("s");
    }   
}

Upvotes: 4

user2575725
user2575725

Reputation:

Problem is your class student has default modifier which restrict the access level upto same package(not accessible outside the package project1 to package project2). You can have only one public class in one java file.

Try this:

  1. Create new file student.java in the package project1
  2. Create public class student in the said file

Upvotes: 1

Saif
Saif

Reputation: 7042

You are having trouble with access modifiers.

Your class student is now package private (no modifier). Make it public to use outside the package 

public class student{
 }

Read accesscontrol For detail.

Upvotes: 0

Ziv Levy
Ziv Levy

Reputation: 2044

you should declare your Student class as public, as follows:

public class student{

    void print(){
        System.out.println("s");
    }

}

Anyway, having multiple classes, which are not inner classes, on the same file is a bad practice as per OOP development methodologies. It is also bad for maintenance, debugging, reusable components and modularity.

I suggest that you will also split the classes declaration into separate file (even if classes are small and simple)

Upvotes: 0

BlerpyDude
BlerpyDude

Reputation: 71

First of all, you can't have two main methods.

Try making the classes static so you can access them with Class.etc;

Or you could try creating a new object of each class (I think this is better). Remove the second main method, only leave one. And make this the first one:

public static void main(String[] args){
Student student1 = new Student();

Now you can access the student class using this object with student1.Something. Do the same for all classes except for the one containing the main method. }

Also make the classes start with a capital letter.

Upvotes: 1

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