Java Access Denied

Your working directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_17\bin. You are not allowed to write files here. Copy your java files to a different directory and try to compile them there. edit: You should include C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_17\bin to your PATH environment variable. And set JAVA_PATH to C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_17. set JAVA_PATH=”C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_17″ set PATH=%PATH%;”C:\Program Files … Read more

Javac “cannot find symbol”

First, To compile the java source file using javac you need to specify the files to compile explicitly. Example: javac PathToSourceFile/FileName.java you need not provide the path if the source file is in the current working directory. Second, whenever java encounters import abc.xyz.ClassName; it tries to resolve abc/xyz/ClassName with respect to the classpath or current … Read more

Differences between classpath and sourcepath options of javac

-classpath classpath Set the user class path, overriding the user class path in the CLASSPATH environment variable. If neither CLASSPATH or -classpath is specified, the user class path consists of the current directory. If the -sourcepath option is not specified, the user class path is searched for source files as well as class files. -sourcepath … Read more

Compiling java files in all subfolders? [duplicate]

On Windows… Create a batch file: for /r %%a in (.) do (javac %%a\*.java) …then execute it in the top-level source folder. On Linux… javac $(find ./rootdir/* | grep .java) Both answers taken from this thread… http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1518437&tstart=15 But as others suggested, a build tool would probably prove helpful.

Make javac treat warnings as errors

Use the -Werror flag. It’s not listed in the -help output, but it works. I found it through this blog entry and tested on my own code (in NetBeans with Ant). The output was: MyClass.java:38: warning: [serial] serializable class MyClass has no definition of serialVersionUID public class MyClass extends JComponent { 1 warning BUILD FAILED … Read more

How to compile java package structures using javac

The issue was that the class path needs to be set for each command (javac and java): Attempted Steps instead of going to subpackage, compile HelloWorld.java from the top_level: $javac -cp . importpackage/subpackage/HelloWorld.java compile CallPackage.java in the same way: $javac -cp . CallPackage.java run the file using the class path also: $java -cp . CallPackage … Read more

Setting up enviromental variables in Windows 10 to use java and javac

Just set the path variable to JDK bin in environment variables. Variable Name : PATH Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin But the best practice is to set JAVA_HOME and PATH as follow. Variable Name : JAVA_HOME Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31 Variable Name : PATH Variable Value : %JAVA_HOME%\bin

javac source and target options

source: The version that your source code requires to compile. target: The oldest JRE version you want to support. Be sure to also set bootclasspath to ensure your program will work on older VMs. From the javac documentation: Cross-Compilation Example The following example uses javac to compile code that will run on a 1.6 VM. … Read more