error: cannot find symbol. Running java class with packages through cmd -

i have java application test. inside have 2 java files. a.java:

import javax.servlet.genericservlet; public class {     genericservlet inter; }

to compile used:

javac -cp servlet-api.jar a.java

it compiled successfully. java file b.java:

import javax.servlet.genericservlet; public class b {     genericservlet inter;     a = new a(); }

when try use:

javac -cp servlet-api.jar b.java

i following error:

error: cannot find symbol. a = new a(); ^ symbol: class location: class b

p.s: please ignore name of classes & jar files involved demo purpose only.

use

javac -cp x.jar;. b.java

to include current directory in classpath, should work.

Stadnd