Extend local use-class in Sightly

Hi,

in Sightly I use local classes for my components. This classes should extend an abstract class. But the abstract class can’t be found in the classpath. It does not even get compiled.

In fact I have a file structure like this:

/apps/myproject/components
                AbstractComponent.java
/apps/myproject/components/component1
                component1.html
                Component1.java

component1.html  contains the Sightly directive:

    <sly data-sly-use.bean="Component1">

Component1.java inherits from AbstractComponent:

    package apps.myproject.components.component1;     import  apps.myproject.components.AbstractComponent;     public class Component1 extends AbstractComponent {     …     }

(I don't know where the '5.' comes from. I didn't enter this - It seems to be a feature of this forum?)

What can I do to compile the AbstractComponent so it can be found in the classpath?

Thank you

                Peter