I moved my Java files to my Mac, but now I can't compile? | Together Java | Page 1

stiff notch Sep 15, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Good morning,

I'm completing some Java homework.
It's just a CLI tool, so I've just been using VSCode for my assignments (might be pertinent, idk)
It's made up of two files, the main file JoshuaLee.java and a helper class CaesarCypher.java
They compile/run just fine on my windows machine. But this morning when I zipped the files up and sent them to my mac, I'm getting the following error.

TLDR: Somehow, Java was about to detect that I was using a class from another file on my windows machine, but when I moved my files to my Mac, I get the following error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
        CaesarCipher cannot be resolved to a type
        CaesarCipher cannot be resolved to a type

        at HW3.JoshuaLee.main(JoshuaLee.java:20)

turbid pulsarBOT Sep 15, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Helper please have a look, thanks.

stiff notch Sep 15, 2023, 4:24 PM

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So my issue was resolved by added import HW3.CaesarCipher;, which is weird because I didn't need that line on my Windows machine.

fast zenith Sep 15, 2023, 4:35 PM

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probably there was a CaesarCipher.class file in the same directory as you were running other stuff

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from a previous time you compiled stuff

cinder jay Sep 15, 2023, 4:49 PM

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stiff notch So my issue was resolved by added `import HW3.CaesarCipher;`, which is weird bec...

you probably moved files or didn't use the same command in the same folder
But you shouldn't manually copy files at the first place, use git, you shouldn't manually build and run, use a build tool or/and IDE, and you shouldn't use VSCode, use an IDE

#I moved my Java files to my Mac, but now I can't compile?