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I am new to java and have got this error in java servlet please help

807601Jun 8 2008 — edited Jun 9 2008
Well i am new to java programming

and i was writing a new program in java servlet which is
// Hello.java
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;

public class Hello extends GenericServlet {
public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
pw.println("Hello, world!");
pw.close();
}
}
and while compiling in CMDi got error as follows
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin>javac Hello.java
Hello.java:3: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
Hello.java:5: cannot find symbol
symbol: class GenericServlet
public class Hello extends GenericServlet {
^
Hello.java:6: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletRequest
location: class Hello
public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
^
Hello.java:6: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletResponse
location: class Hello
public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
^
Hello.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ServletException
location: class Hello
throws ServletException, IOException
^
5 errors

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin>
what does this error resembles to
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