compiling java in vscode not working

[devout spire]

My problem is that vscode isnt compiling my java file.
I type in javac <filename>.java and it just wont compile because it cant recognize a package that I imported. I also cant run it using java <filename>.java
I made sure to use maven for my package manager and I already put the correct dependency in the pom.xml file so everything should be fine. All my path variables and systems variables are also fine so I dont know what else could be wrong?
I tried using the code runner extension and again it didnt work.
On the other hand to compile and run, I had to use the vscode native "Run Java" and this is the only way I can compile and run the program.

Why isnt the terminal command to compile and run not working?

[tidal scarab]

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[devout spire]

heres the error message

[ashen raven]

you need to pass in dependencies using -cp

if you have maven you can use mvn compile to compile

[devout spire]

so compile using mvn compile, then enter java <filenam>.java is this correct?

[ashen raven]

java <filename>, no need to add extension, adding extension will try to compile .java file

[devout spire]

I got a wierd new error

I made sure to call java <file> in the correct directory but for some reason it couldnt find it?

[ashen raven]

do you have package declaration in your file?

[devout spire]

as in import? yes I did: import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;

[ashen raven]

no something like package testing?

[devout spire]

no sorry Im not sure what that is
but this is what the file structure is like at the moment

[ashen raven]

what is the first line of App.java?

[ashen raven]

^this is your package declaration

whats your cwd?

[ashen raven]

go back one directory

then do java testing.App

it should again error out due to missing dependencies

[devout spire]

yep, it didnt error out but it printed some default "hello world" which was there when I made the maven project

[ashen raven]

yeah because newly compiled classes are in target now since you used maven to compile

VSCode should be able to run maven projects, do you have all extensions installed?

[devout spire]

yes I have all related java and maven installed

It seems like the built in run function in vscode works to compile and run, but why doesnt the terminal way of compiling work for it too?

[ashen raven]

I dont think so, intelliJ is also the same

[ashen raven]

because vscode automatically adds all necessary thing in command line which you dont get if you type it in manually

[devout spire]

ok so Ill just keep using the built in run funciton then, thanks for helping GAS

[tidal scarab]

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