Java issue question

Okay I've ran this script successfully in DOS but as I just recently started using a mac book pro I am trying to learn terminal better.

I'm not sure what the heck to think of this, any ideas are appreciated...


my terminal command:
matthew-lastname-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Matt$ javac Documents/Professional/2011_Seg_C/java/Countertest.java



result:

Matt$ Documents/Professional/2011_Seg_C/java/ \\The previous is abbreviated in the following:

java/CounterTest.java
java/CounterTest.java: line 2: /Applications: is a directory
java/CounterTest.java: line 3: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 4: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 5: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 6: Desktop/: is a directory
java/CounterTest.java: line 7: public: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 8: /Applications: is a directory
java/CounterTest.java: line 9: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 10: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 11: 2010_BikeMapForWeb.pdf: command not found
java/CounterTest.java: line 12: Desktop/: is a directory
java/CounterTest.java: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `('
java/CounterTest.java: line 13: ` public static void main(String[] args) {'


I tried to run even some very basic code:

/**
* This is the main method for this class
*
*
* @author XXXXXX
* @param args
*/

public class testcheck {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int one;
String name;
one = 25;
name = "Fred";
System.out.println("The integer is: " + one + "\n"
+ "The name is: " + name);
}
}

with the following:

Matthew-lastname-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Matt$ javac Documents/Professional/java/testcheck.java


Documents/Professional/java/testcheck.java:20: illegal character: \0

^
Documents/Professional/java/testcheck.java:20: illegal character: \0

^
Documents/Professional/java/testcheck.java:20: illegal character: \0

(This error repeats 100x)

--This compiled and ran with no errors in DOS

I know java is integrated, but is there anything at all I need to download that could be causing this? An update or package or anything?

here is some more info:


machine:~ Matt$ java -cp ./ testcheck.java

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: testcheck/java

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: testcheck.java
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)


would it make a difference if the files were written on windows in jEdit and then transferred to OSX? The path still points to them unless its an issue with the text file itself...

I have figured out the problem. I originally wrote these codes in jEdit (Windows). I transferred the files to OS X and opened them, edited them and even re saved them - overwriting the previous files. It was not until I made completely new files and cut the code, pasted it into a word pad and then into jEdit.

Just a weird oddity I guess... several hours later...