Thread: Can't create Balloon Objects.

Hello, this is my first code assignment. Our instructor gave us a list of steps to complete after creating a Balloon, but I can't get past just creating it. Search results have brought up other Balloon thread, however I couldn't find a topic about issues just creating the balloon.

 
package myprojects;
 
public class BalloonTester 
{   
public static void main(String[] args)
{
 
 
Balloon redBalloon = new Balloon("Red Balloon", 100);
 
int Altitude ;
String Name ; 
 
Name = redBalloon.getName() ; 
Altitude = redBalloon.getAltitude() ;
System.out.println(Name);
System.out.println(Altitude);
 
 
}
}

When I compile and run it generates the following in the output.

ant -f D:\\Users\\PLACEHOLDER\\Documents\\School\\Program ming\\MyProjects -Dnb.internal.action.name=run run
init:
Deleting: D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\build\built-jar.properties
deps-jar:
Updating property file: D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\build\built-jar.properties
Compiling 2 source files to D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\build\classes
D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\src\myprojects\BalloonTester.java:21: error: cannot find symbol
Balloon redBalloon = new Balloon("Red Balloon", 100);
symbol: class Balloon
location: class BalloonTester
D:\Users\Davi\Documents\School\Programming\MyProje cts\src\myprojects\BalloonTester.java:21: error: cannot find symbol
Balloon redBalloon = new Balloon("Red Balloon", 100);
symbol: class Balloon
location: class BalloonTester
2 errors
D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\nbproject\build-impl.xml:920: The following error occurred while executing this line:
D:\Users\PLACEHOLDER\Documents\School\Programming\ MyProjects\nbproject\build-impl.xml:260: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)

Edit: The following is the Balloon class, our instructions were not the edit this class in anyway.

/**
 * A class to represent a hot-air balloon.  Balloon objects have a name and an
 * altitude.
 */
public class Balloon
{
	// instance variables
  	private String name ; 			// name of the balloon
  	private int altitude;     		// altitude (height) of balloon in meters
 
	/**
   	 * Create a ballon object with a given name at a given altitude.
     * @param theName the name of the ballon object
     * @param theAltitude the altitude
     */ 
  	public Balloon(String theName, int theAltitude)
  	{
  		name = theName ;
  		// make sure altitude is not negative!
  		altitude = Math.max(theAltitude,0) ;
  	}
 
	/**
	 * Ascend to a particular altitude.
	 * @param newAlt the altitude to which to ascend, in meters.
	 */
	public void ascendTo(int newAlt)
	{
  		// ascend to new altitude only if it is greater than current altitude, 
 
    	if (newAlt > altitude)
    	{
        	altitude = newAlt ; 
    	}
	}
 
	/**
	 * Descend to a particular altitude.
	 * @param newAlt the altitude to which to descend, in meters.
	 */
	public void descendTo(int newAlt)
	{
    	// prevent possible crash into ground
    	if (newAlt < 0)			// if desired altitude is below ground level!
    	{
    		altitude = 0 ;		// ...descend only to ground level
    	}
    	// otherwise, descend only if new altitude is less than current altitude
    	else if (newAlt < altitude)
    	{
        	altitude = newAlt ; 
    	}
	}
 
  	/**
  	 * Modify altitude by a given number of meters, up or down.
  	 * @param change number of meters to add to current altitude
  	 */	
	public void adjustAltitude(int change)
	{
    	// if change is negative (i.e. descending), can't go below 0 altitude
    	if (change + altitude < 0)  // change < 0 && abs(change) > altitude
    	{
    		altitude = 0 ;	// ...descend only to ground level
    	}
    	else				// safe to modify current alt by "change" meters
    	{
        	altitude = altitude + change ; 
    	}
	}
 
	/**
	 * Get ballon name.
	 * @return the name of the balloon
	 */
	public String getName()
	{
		return name ;
	}
 
	/**
	 * Get current altitude.
	 * @return the altitude of the balloon
	 */
	public int getAltitude()
	{
		return altitude ;
	}
}
// end of Balloon class definition

My apologies, the Balloon.Java has been added to the OP. Instructions were to leave this class unedited.

Thanks for checking my post out.

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Both are in the same java folder.

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I am using NetBean IDE 7.4.

Can you use the command prompt window and the javac command to compile the programs?

I am sorry, I would be happy to, but I am unaware exactly how.

From what you posted, BalloonTester is in package myprojects while Balloon is not. They should be in the same package, so if it's not there already, adding

package myprojects;

to Balloon may fix the problem. Your IDE should be complaining loudly about this problem, if it exists, so perhaps it's not a problem.

I am not sure where along the way I created the problem, but deleting the project folder and starting from scratch fixed the problem. Thank you guys for your help.