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Dec 21st, 2006, 01:43 PM
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File name
can someone pls tell me why we always have to save the prog file with the same name as the main class.if i don't i get a strange error message.
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Dec 23rd, 2006, 10:38 AM
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Dec 24th, 2006, 12:38 AM
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Re: File name
I think he means why do you have to save the class in a file with the same name.
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Dec 24th, 2006, 04:43 AM
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Re: File name
Because of Java's class lookup rules. Java computes the name of the file storing a class from the class name. That's the short version. For the long version, search this forum for posts by me containing "classpath" and "class loader", or browse the web.
All the buzzt
CornedBee
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