how to get a class with forName() in a different package?

Alright, consider the following example:

inside of the src/ folder, i have the following packages :

org/

com/

Class Foo is located in org.somepackage;

Class Doo is located in com.apackage;

Foo needs to access Doo using Class.forName();

if i try using Class.forName("com.apackage.Doo");

i get ClassNotFoundException as they are in different Packages.

how can Foo acess Doo in this hiearchy?

EDIT

Here is some more background:

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this is my batch file, jar file, and the src file that has the file im trying to access.

this is the class in the src file :

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now when i try to access the file Doo, this is the error:

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Jon Skeet
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This is the problem:

java -cp src -jar FooJar.jar

From the java tool documentation:

When you use the -jar option, the specified JAR file is the source of all user classes, and other class path settings are ignored.

Try running it as:

java - cp src;FooJar.jar foo.Whatever

(where foo.Whatever is the fully-qualified name of the class containing your main method).

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