Question

my program is in C:\Users\Programs\x.java

X.java is using some files that are in y.jar, z.jar.

y.jar and z.jar are in C:\Users\Programs folder.

(1)
C:Users\Programs> javac x.java

(2)
C:Users\Programs> javac -classpath y.jar:z.jar x.java

I am not getting any errors when I do (2) but when I do (1) I am getting errors. Isn’t that classpath is set to current folder. If so why is it not seeing y.jar and z.jar.

Answer 1

The classpath includes the current folder.
However, it does not include subfolders of the current folder.

If you try to use com.example.MyClass, Java will look for a file named com/example/MyClass.class directly inside of each folder in the classpath.
It does not look in subfolders or JARs inside of folders in the classpath.