Why am I getting 'cannot find symbol' error?

Question

The following statement shows an error :

Presence p_tester = Presence(Presence.Type.available,"having lunch",1,
                                                       Presence.Mode.available);

The error higlighted by the IDE is :

cannot find symbol
symbol: method Presence(Type,String,int,Mode)

Why am I getting this error though I have imported the correct class (org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Presence)?

Answer 1

Because keyword new is missing. Try following:

Presence p_tester = new Presence(Presence.Type.available,"having lunch",1,
                                                       Presence.Mode.available);

Answer 2

You need to add new before calling the constructor.

Answer 3

cannot find symbol
symbol: method Presence(Type,String,int,Mode)

BECAUSE you are missing new keyword

so try

Presence p_tester = new Presence(Presence.Type.available,"having lunch",1,
                                                       Presence.Mode.available);

Answer 4

Keyword new is missing. Try this:-

Presence p_tester = new Presence(Presence.Type.available,"having lunch",1,
                                                       Presence.Mode.available);

Answer 5

May be the constructor : Presence(Presence.Type.available,"having lunch",1, Presence.Mode.available) does not exists or is not accessible.