how to compile java files classnotfoundexception

I am having a java project having the directory structure as java->applet and a few .java files

the applet folder further contains two folders and some .java files

I need to develop a jar file out of this project

I did so by writing the command line

jar cvfm myfile.jar *.java

(obviously by moving into corresponding directory)

when I checked by extracting the file(it was zipped as a Nokia application installer file) it showed me only the classes in the applet folder not the folders in it

moreover i needed to use this jar file in a jquery plugin where i had written

var dasherApplet = $('applet');

dasherApplet.attr({
    'height':'100%',
    'width':'100%',
    'archive':farfalla_path+'plugins/dasher/jardasher.jar',
    'code':'JDasherApplet.java'
});

but it showed me the class not found exception

for this I checked the previous versions of the java applet; there the java files were replaced by .class files so i tried compiling a java file into .class by using the command line

C:/>javac filename.java still all in vain this time it showed me "cannot find symbol" error

what was interesting was that the errors generated wer开发者_如何学Ce imitating the java files present in the same folder. I navigated to the directory where the file was stored still the same error when i tried to simply run it by using java filename.java error was main class not found:JApplet.java

Please help me develop this applet

Firstly you need to compile all the jar files before running.

Secondly , you CANNOT run Applets using java filename.java .

As this link explains http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/build.html ,

jar cvf TicTacToe.jar TicTacToe.class audio images

Here audio and images are folders , so that is how you add folders to jar.

Also .jar files are not Nokia Application Installer files . Nokia simply associates them for installing apps (that is J2ME)