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Simple JSP & Tomcat problem

Hi,

I'm currently learning JSP and i have an example in my book that i cant get working. I'm really stuck as to why. I'm using the latest Tomcat (5.5.17) and i havent changed any config files at all.

ch06_01.java
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public class ch06_01 {
      public ch06_01() {}
      public String msg() { return "Hello from JSP!" };
}

ch06_02.jsp
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<%@ page import="ch06_01" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Using a JavaBean</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
      ch06_01 messenger = new ch06_01();
      out.println(messenger.msg());
%>
</body>
</html>

The java file compiles fine and i put it into the correct folder: tomcat/webapps/ch06/WEB-INF/classes/ch06_01.class

The CLASSPATH environment variable has been set to: C:\tomcat\common\lib\servlet-api.jar

And when i try and run the JSP i get an error:

---org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

---Generated servlet error:
---The import ch06_01 cannot be resolved

---An error occurred at line: 9 in the jsp file: /ch06_02.jsp
---Generated servlet error:
---ch06_01 cannot be resolved to a type

---An error occurred at line: 9 in the jsp file: /ch06_02.jsp
---Generated servlet error:
---ch06_01 cannot be resolved to a type

I would be very grateful if someone could point out why this isnt working.

Kind Regards,
Michael

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