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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Getting There Packages

michaelabendroth
michaelabendroth
4,561 Points
Posted by michaelabendroth
michaelabendroth
4,561 Points

Getting cannot be accessed errors - need another set of eyes please...

./Display.java:1: error: BlogPost is not public in com.example; cannot be accessed from outside package import com.example.BlogPost; ^ ./Display.java:6: error: cannot find symbol BlogPost bp = new BlogPost(); ^ symbol: class BlogPost location: class Display ./Display.java:6: error: cannot find symbol BlogPost bp = new BlogPost(); ^ symbol: class BlogPost location: class Display 3 errors

com/example/BlogPost.java 
package com.example;

class BlogPost {

}
Display.java 
import com.example.BlogPost;

public class Display {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Your code here...
    BlogPost bp = new BlogPost();
    System.out.printf("This is a blog post: %s", bp);

  }
}

2 Answers

Mario Blokland
Mario Blokland
19,750 Points

Hi Michael,

it's been quite a while since I took this lecture, but it seems that you can't create a BlogPost object, because you didn't declare the BlogPost class as public. Try and change that and tell us if that fixed your problem.