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- * is abstract; cannot be instantiated
- The class is declared "abstract". That means that
- it contains some methods for which it does not
- provide an implementation ("abstract methods").
- You cannot create objects of abstract classes.
- You need to find or write a subclass of the
- abstract class that implements all abstract
- methods. You can then create objects of that
- class.
-
- abstract methods cannot have a body
- You have declared a method "abstract" and
- you have written a method body. That is a contradiction.
- Abstract method declarations have only a method header,
- followed by a semicolon. Either remove the "abstract"
- keyword, or remove the method body.
-
- * is already defined in *
- There is already a variable (or maybe a
- parameter) in this method that has the
- same name. Use a different name for this
- one. (Or maybe you meant to use the same
- variable here? Then remove the type name
- here so that it does not look like a new
- declaration.)
-
- anonymous class implements interface; cannot have arguments
- No help available
-
- anonymous class implements interface; cannot have qualifier for new
- No help available
-
- array required, but *
- You are using syntax here that suggests that you are
- trying to access an array element. The variable you
- refer to is not an array, though.
-
- break outside switch or loop
- The "break" statement breaks out of a block,
- such as a "switch" statement or a loop
- ("for", "while" or "do" loop). It cannot be
- used outside of such a block.
-
- * must be first statement in constructor
- As the very first thing in every class that has a
- superclass, you should call the superclass's
- constructor. You do that by adding
- super(...);
- as the first line of your constructor (where you
- replace the dots with the appropriate parameters).
- Trying to use members of the superclass before
- calling it's constructor is bound to be trouble!
-
- cannot access *
- No help available
-
- * cannot be applied to *
- No help available
-
- cannot assign a value to final variable *
- The variable you are trying to assign to here has
- been declared "final". That means that you are not
- allowed to change its value later on. If you really
- need to change the value, remove the "final" keyword
- from the variable declaration.
-
- * cannot be dereferenced
- You are using dot notation to access a field or method
- of another object. However, the variable you are using
- is not of an object type - it does not have fields or
- methods.
-
- cannot inherit from final *
- The superclass (the class listed after the
- "extends" keyword) is declared final. That
- means that it specifically prohibits
- subclasses. Sorry - you cannot subclass it
- if it doesn't want you to...
-
- * before supertype constructor has been called
- As the very first thing in every class that has a
- superclass, you should call the superclass's
- constructor. You do that by adding
- super(...);
- as the first line of your constructor (where you
- replace the dots with the appropriate parameters).
- Trying to use members of the superclass before
- calling it's constructor is bound to be trouble!
-
- cannot return a value from method whose result type is void
- A void result type in a method signature means that this
- method will not return any result. The method body
- should not have a return statement within it.
-
- cannot select a static class from a parameterized type
- No help available
-
- * cannot be inherited with different arguments:*
- No help available
-
- 'catch' without 'try'
- "catch" is a Java keyword that can only appear after a
- "try" block. The correct pattern is
- try {
- statements;
- }
- catch(Exception e) {
- statements;
- }
-
- * clashes with package of same name
- Make sure that the class and the package
- have different names. Usually, classes
- should start with a capital letter, while
- package names start with a lowercase letter.
-
- code too large for try statement
- You have too much code inside this try statement.
- Put the code into a separate method and insert a
- method call here.
-
- constant expression required
- You have used a variable or an expression here, but
- that's illegal. You can only use constants here.
- Constants are number literals (such as 42) or
- identifiers declared as "final".
-
- continue outside of loop
- The "continue" statement is used to
- immediately start the next loop
- iteration. It has no meaning outside
- of a loop. It can only be used inside
- a "for", "while" or "do" loop.
-
- cyclic inheritance involving *
- You are trying to extend a class here, but
- that class has already declared that it
- extends yours! Well, that cannot work!
- You have to decide which one is the
- superclass and which is the subclass.
-
- * does not exist
- The name you used here (which could be either
- an attempt to name a variable, a class or a
- package) does not exist. There was neither a
- variable nor a class nor a package with this
- name.
-
- duplicate class:*
- There appears to already be a class of this name.
-
- duplicate case label
- You have used the same label twice in the same
- "switch" statement.
-
- duplicate default label
- You have written "default" twice inthe same switch
- statement. You cannot do that - once is enough.
-
- 'else' without 'if'
- An 'else' keyword can only appear as part of an 'if'
- statement, in the form
- if (condition)
- statement;
- else
- statement;
- Maybe you just forgot the braces around the statements?
- If you have more than one statement after the if, you
- have to add braces, like this:
- if (condition)
- {
- statement1;
- statement2;
- }
- else
- {
- statement3;
- }
-
- empty character literal
- You have written a literal character that is empty.
- You cannot write ''. A character constant is a single
- character enclosed in single quotes, for example 'a'.
- Most of the time, there can be only one single character
- between the quotes. The only exception is if the first
- character is the backslash (called the "escape character")
- for specifying special characters, eg. '\n' or '\t'.
-
- * has already been caught
- This catch statement is useless. It can
- never be executed, because all exceptions
- that it is declared to catch are already
- caught by another catch statement above it.
-
- * is never thrown in body of corresponding try statement
- You have declared that you want to catch
- an exception here. But I can tell you
- that this exception will never be thrown
- here! There is no statement in the "try"
- block that throws this exception.
-
- 'finally' without 'try'
- "finally" is a Java keyword that can only appear after a
- "try" block. The correct pattern is
- try {
- statements;
- }
- catch(Exception e) {
- statements;
- }
- finally {
- statements;
- }
-
- floating point number too large
- The system cannot cope with floating point numbers
- this big.
-
- floating point number too small
- The system cannot cope with floating point numbers
- this small
-
- inner classes cannot have static declarations
- You cannot declare static types in
- nested classes. If you need a static
- type here, declare it in the outer class.
-
- illegal character:*
- There is an illegal character here in the source
- file. This character may be invisible. If you cannot
- find it to delete it, delete the whole line and type
- it again.
-
- illegal combination of modifiers: *
- You have tried to combine two Java modifiers which
- are considered an illegal pairing. It is likely
- that the meaning of each is contradictory to each other.
- An example of this would be defining a method as abstract
- and native, final, private or synchronized.
-
- illegal escape character
- An escape character is written with a backslash
- and a second character, for example '\n'. This is
- used to specify special characters. There is only
- a fixed set of characters that may appear after
- the backslash. They are \n, \t, \b, \r, \f, \\,
- \', \" and numbers. If you want to write the
- backslash itself, write "\\" - this will be replaced
- by a single backslash in your string.
-
- illegal forward reference
- No help available
-
- illegal initializer for *
- No help available
-
- illegal line end in character literal
- You have a line break where a character literal should
- be specified. You cannot do that. If you want to specify
- the character for a line break ("newline") write it as '\n'.
-
- * is not an inner class
- No help available
-
- illegal start of expression
- No help available
-
- illegal start of type
- At a position in the source where the name of
- a type was expected, there was something else
- (most likely a Java keyword). Check this line
- for incorrect type definitions.
-
- illegal unicode escape
- No help available
-
- improperly formed type, some parameters are missing
- No help available
-
- incomparable types: *
- No help available
-
- integer number too large: *
- You have written a number that is too large to fit
- into the data type that is expected here. You need
- to use a larger data type
- (for example, "long" instead of "int").
-
- internal error; cannot instantiate *
- No help available
-
- * but with different return type
- You may be trying to write two methods that have the same
- signature except for return type. This is not allowed.
-
- interface expected here
- An interface can only extend another interface. The name
- you have specified after the "extends" keyword is not an
- interface.
-
- interface methods cannot have body
- Interface methods must be declarations only.
- That means that they should contain a method
- header followed by a semicolon. There should
- be no method body.
-
- hexadecimal numbers must contain at least one hexadecimal digit
- You have specified a hexadecimal number. (This is done
- by starting a number with "0X".) In hexadecimal numbers,
- you must have at least one digit after the "X".
-
- invalid method declaration; return type required
- A method declaration must have a declared return type.
- For example, if your method returns a String, write
- public String myMethod();
- If you do not want to return a value from this method,
- use the special word "void" to indicate that there is
- no return type. For example
- public void myMethod();
-
- * already in use
- There is already a variable (or maybe a
- parameter) in this method that has the
- same name. Use a different name for this
- one. (Or maybe you meant to use the same
- variable here? Then remove the type name
- here so that it does not look like a new
- declaration.)
-
- * is accessed from within inner class; needs to be declared final
- Local variables cannot usually be accessed by inner
- classes. But that is exactly what you are trying to
- do here. You have two options: You can remove this
- access to the local variable, or you can make the
- variable "final" - then you can access it.
-
- malformed floating point literal
- You have made some mistake in writing a floating
- point number. (A floating point number is one
- with a decimal point in it.) Examples of correctly
- written floating point numbers are
- 18.0 18. 1.8e1 .18E2
-
- missing method body, or declare abstract
- Methods must either have a body or be abstract. A
- method body is the block in curly braces { } that
- follows the method header and contains statements.
- If a method does not have a body then it must have the
- keyword "abstract" in its header. For example:
- public abstract int getAnswer();
-
- missing return statement
- Here, you've got a method that is declared to return a
- value. There is, however, no "return" statement in the body
- of the method. That doesn't fit together. You must either:
- - declare the return type of the method as "void"
- if you don't want to return a value, or
- - write a "return" statement with the correct
- return type at the end of the method, for
- example
- return 42;
- The type of the return value must match the declared type
- in the method header.
-
- missing return value
- Here, you have written a "return" statement that does
- not return a value. The method header, however, declares
- that this method returns a value. You must either declare
- that this method does not return a value (by using "void"
- as the return type in the method header), or you must
- return a value of the correct type, for example
- return 42;
- or
- return "Marvin";
-
- name clash: *
- No help available
-
- * is reserved for internal use
- The term shown is reserved for internal use, if it is
- name of a variable or class you will need to change it.
-
- native methods cannot have a body
- You have declared a method "native" and you have written
- a method body. Native method declarations have only
- a method header, followed by a semicolon. Either remove
- the "native" keyword, or remove the method body.
-
- no enclosing instance of type {0} is in scope
- No help available
-
- no interface expected here
- You are referring to an interface here (possibly in
- an "extends" declaration of a class). A class can only
- extend other classes (not interfaces). If you want to
- implement this interface, use the "implements" keyword
- instead.
-
- * has no match in entry in *
- No help available
-
- * is not defined in a public class or interface; cannot be accessed from outside package
- No help available
-
- * cannot be accessed from outside package
- No help available
-
- not a loop label: *
- No help available
-
- not a statement
- You have written a line of code here that is not
- a complete statement. Please check again what you
- intended to do and how you should do it.
-
- not an enclosing class:*
- No help available
-
- * cannot be applied to *
- The operator that you use here cannot be used for the
- type of value that you are using it for. You are either
- using the wrong type here, or the wrong operator.
-
- * clashes with class of same name
- Make sure that the class and the package
- have different names. Usually, classes
- should start with a capital letter, while
- package names start with a lowercase letter.
-
- possible fall-through into case
- No help available
-
- error reading *
- No help available
-
- recursive constructor invocation
- You have written code that causes this
- constructor to call itself. That is not
- allowed (and would most likely lead to
- an infinite loop).
-
- * is ambiguous, both *
- The identifier named in this message cannot be properly
- resolved, because there is more than one class or interface
- with this name defined in the packages that you have imported.
- You can either refer to the class here with its full qualified
- name (e.g. java.util.List) or import the class with its fully
- qualified name (e.g. import java.util.List).
-
- repeated interface
- You have listed the same interface
- twice in the same "implements"
- declaration. Once is enough. My
- memory isn't that bad!
-
- repeated modifier
- In this declaration, you have written the same
- modifier twice. A modifier is a keyword such
- as final, static, public, private, volatile, ...
-
- {0} has {1} access in {2}
- No help available
-
- return outside method
- No help available
-
- signature does not match *
- No help available
-
- * should be declared abstract; it does not define *
- The current class inherits from an abstract class
- or an interface. Abstract classes and interfaces
- define methods without giving the implementation.
- This class does not define implementations for
- all the methods that still need implementations,
- so this class itself is still abstract (meaning
- it still has methods without implementations).
- You must either declare this class abstract by
- starting it with
- public abstract class ...
- instead of just
- public class ...
- or you must provide an implementation for the
- method named in the error message.
-
- error writing source; cannot overwrite input file *
- No help available
-
- 'try' without 'catch' or 'finally'
- If you use a "try" block, then it must be followed
- by either a "catch" block or a "finally" block (or
- both). The correct pattern is
- try {
- statements;
- }
- catch(Exception e) {
- statements;
- }
- finally {
- statements;
- }
-
- * does not take parameters
- No help available
-
- type variables cannot be dereferenced
- No help available
-
- type variable {0} occurs more than once in result type of {1}; cannot be left uninstantiated
- No help available
-
- type variable {0} occurs more than once in type of {1}; cannot be left uninstantiated
- No help available
-
- unclosed character literal
- It is likely that you have declared a character literal and
- not added the closing single quote: '.
-
- unclosed comment
- It is likely that you have written a comment and not
- closed it with the comment close characters: */
-
- unclosed string literal
- It is likely that you have declared a String literal and
- not added the closing double quotes: ".
-
- undefined label: *
- The variable you are trying to use here cannot be
- found. Either it was never declared or it was
- declared somewhere where you cannot see it.
- The first case happens easily if you have a
- spelling error in a variable. Check that the variable
- is spelled correctly, including all capital characters
- ("aNumber" is not the same as "anumber"!).
- The second case happens if a variable is declared
- inside a block. (A block is a pair of curly braces,
- like this { }.) If you have a variable declaration
- inside a loop, for instance, then the variable is
- only visible inside that loop. As a rule of thumb:
- a variable becomes invisible after the curly brace (})
- that closes the block in which it is declared.
-
- unreachable statement
- This statement will never be executed. If
- you examine the code carefully you will
- notice that the control flow is such that
- it can never reach this statement. Delete
- it if you really don't want it executed,
- or fix your code.
-
- initializer must be able to complete normally
- You cannot throw exceptions or otherwise
- terminate static initialiser blocks. You
- have to let it complete executing.
-
- unreported exception {0}; must be caught or declared to be thrown
- Your code makes a call to a method that may throw
- an exception. You have two choices: You can either
- catch that exception or you can declare that your
- method passes it on. If you want to catch the
- exception, you have to use a
- try
- {
- ...
- }
- catch(...)
- {
- ...
- }
- block.
- If you want to pass it on, you must write the
- declaration
- throws <ExceptionName>
- into the signature of your method.
-
- 'void' type not allowed here
- The void type cannot be used in this context. it is
- a special type that is used to indicate no return type
- for methods. It cannot be used as a variable type.
-
- * not allowed here
- You have used an access modifier (such as "private",
- "protected", etc.). This modifier is not allowed
- at this location.
-
- wrong number of type arguments; required *
- No help available
-
- * might already have been assigned to
- A final variable can only be assigned once. (Your variable
- in question here is final.) You have two assignments to this
- variable in your code, and the compiler thinks it could
- happen that both assignments are executed.
-
- * might not have been initialized
- You are using a local variable that is not guaranteed
- to be initialised before it is used here. If in doubt,
- initialise it at its declaration.
-
- * might be assigned in loop
- No help available
-
- error while writing *
- No help available
-
- * is public, should be declared in a file named *
- Public classes are required to be located in a file
- named the same as the public class name with a
- ".java" extension. For example public class Foo
- needs to be located in a file named "Foo.java".
-
- cannot read: *
- No help available
-
- Fatal Error: Unable to locate package java.lang in classpath or bootclasspath
- No help available
-
- Fatal Error: Unable to locate method *
- No help available
-
- * uses or overrides a deprecated API.
- You are using a method that is no longer recommended.
- It is quite likely that there is another method or class
- that provides this functionality. Consult the API
- documentation for more details
-
- Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
- No help available
-
- Recompile with -deprecation for details.
- No help available
-
- * uses unchecked operations.
- No help available
-
- Some input files use unchecked operations.
- No help available
-
- * has been deprecated
- You are using a method that is no longer recommended.
- It is quite likely that there is another method or class
- that provides this functionality. Consult the API
- documentation for more details
-
- unchecked assignment: *
- No help available
-
- unchecked call to {0} as a member of the raw type {1}
- No help available
-
- unchecked cast to type *
- No help available
-
- unchecked generic array creation
- No help available
-
- unchecked method invocation: *
- No help available
-
- ';' expected
- There is a semicolon missing at the end of
- a line. This could be the line marked in the
- editor, or the line above.
-
- 'case', 'default' or '}' expected
- No help available
-
- 'class' or 'interface' expected
- The word "class" or "interface" is expected to
- appear somewhere near the top of a source file.
- This is missing here (or there is stuff in front
- of it that doesn't belong there).
-
- '.class' expected
- No help available
-
- '(' or '[' expected
- It looks like there is an uneven number of brackets
- in your code that is confusing the compiler. Carefully
- check through your code that three are matching opening
- and closing brackets.
-
- * expected
- The symbol named in the error message was
- expected to appear at this point in the code.
- It was not there; instead, there was some
- other symbol. Try to think about why this
- symbol may be expected here.
-
- orphaned *
- No help available
-
- cannot access *
- No help available
-
- bad class file: *
- No help available
-
- type parameter {0} is not within its bound *
- No help available
-
- incompatible types*
- There was an expression of a certain type required
- here. You provided an expression of a different
- type that is not compatible. (E.g. you wrote a
- String where an int was expected.)
-
- inconvertible types*
- The type you have used here cannot be automatically
- converted to the type required.
-
- possible loss of precision
- No help available
-
- unexpected type
- No help available
-
- abstract {0} {1} cannot be accessed directly
- No help available
-
- *An explicit 'this' qualifier must be used to select the desired instance.
- No help available
-
- non-static {0} {1} cannot be referenced from a static context
- No help available
-
- cannot resolve symbol*
- No help available
-
- {0}; {1} and {2} are static
- No help available
-
- {0}; overridden method is {1}
- No help available
-
- attempting to assign weaker access privileges; was *
- No help available
-
- overridden method does not throw *
- No help available
-
- * attempting to use incompatible return type
- No help available
-