Trying to import a custom class

[Nick]

I've been searching through Google but can't seem to come across a solution to how to import a custom class in Java. I'm creating an application following the MVC pattern, having my servlets be the controllers, and beans be the models. I'm using Tomcat JDBC, and my directory looks like this:

src/
   bean/
      Listing.java
   servlet/
      Tester.java
web/
etc

My model, Listing.java, is inside bean/, and declared as "package bean". Now, in my servlet Tester.java, "package servlet", I am trying to create a new instance of a Listing, but I keep getting a "wrapper cannot find servlet class" exception. I've tried writing "import bean.Listing", "import src.bean.Listing", but don't know what else to do...

[rozner]

Are you getting this when when compiling or running the application?

How do you have your project set up? Is it a war?

Also can you post the full error message + stack trace.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by rozner

Are you getting this when when compiling or running the application?

How do you have your project set up? Is it a war?

Also can you post the full error message + stack trace.

While running it. Compiling works fine.

I'm not sure what a "war" is? It's set up through Tomcat/JDBC.

type Exception report
message 
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception 
javax.servlet.ServletException: Wrapper cannot find servlet class servlet.Listing or a class it depends on
    org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849)
    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454)
    java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
root cause 
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: servlet.Listing
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
    org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849)
    org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
    org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454)
    java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

[rozner]

I'm unfamiliar with "Tomcat JDBC". I'm very familiar with Tomcat and JDBC as separate entities however. JDBC is for database connectivity.

Anyway, maybe I should rephrase my question, how is the servlet running on Tomcat. Also are you running Tomcat yourself or is this some shared hosting? Somewhere you must have a directory structure that looks like this:

WEB-INF/
   classes/
      bean/
         Listing.class
      servlet/
         Tester.class
    web.xml
web/
etc

The error you're seeing suggests that Listener.class is not available at runtime, or can't be found. If you give me some more details of how you've set up the server I can probably tell you what's wrong.