Should a class file always be inside package for importing it in jsp page

Question

I am new to Java and learning to work with JSP. I created a class inside student package, when I import it code worked successfully. But when I omitted the package and place the class "Student" directly in WEB-INF/classes folder, I got an error saying 

Student cannot be resolved to a type. 

I searched alot but did not find any reasonable answer. However, I solved the problem by putting this class inside package, but want to know that is this necessary that class should exist inside package. Thank You

Answer 1

Hey there!

It is not necessary for the class to be inside the package if you have you mentioned to import the class in your JSP file. Example:

<%@ page import "com.example.Student" %>

But if you have not, then it is necessary for the class to be placed inside the package.