蚂蚁java编译抛出找不到符号

Question

I am working on a project that is having a layered Architecture. I have a interface ABC and in that interface I have a enum XYZ

For ex

public interface ABC {
     public enum XYZ {
         CONSTANT1("SOMETHING"),
         CONSTANT2("SOMETHING3");
         final String name;

         private TYPE(String name) {
            this.name=name;
         }

         public String getName() {
            return this.name;
         }
     }
}

I am compiling this using ant and using this jar file in other layer. In that layer I am trying to access it like

String name=ABC.XYZ.CONSTANT1.getName();

I am getting symbol not found error during compile. I verified classpath is set properly. I am using ant v 1.8 and java 1.6.

Why I am getting this error ?

Answer 1

First of all, don't nest the enum in an interface. It's perfectly fine that it has its own source file named after the enum.

Second, I assume you mean XYZ instead of TYPE in your private constructor?

Last, you should be able to use it in that way, no matter if compiled via ant or within eclipse or directly using javac. Probably you have not compiled everything - the way you did it, there should be ABC.class (the interface), ABC$XYZ.class (the inner enum) and the class file of your calling class.