Report compile error when a source file does not declare an expected type

Javac reports an error if it finds a which does not provide a specific reference type X when it should.

For example, if we have these two files in the same directory:

/* Test.java */
public class Test {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                System.out.println("" + new X());
        }
}


/* X.java */
class Y { }

Javac will report this error:

Test.java:4: error: cannot access X
                System.out.println("" + new X());
                                            ^
  bad source file: ./X.java
    file does not contain class X
    Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the sourcepath.
1 error

JastAddJ on the other hand just ignores the problem if it can find the type X in an imported package. It would be good if JastAddJ reports the same type of error as Javac.

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