javac prohibits top-level class named "java"

Name: laC46010 Date: 01/28/99



The following example shows that javac (ver. 1.1.x, 1.2fcs, 1.2.2) has a
special treatment of the name "java" of the top-level class containing
some inner classes

Test example and javac diagnostics follow:
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novo35% cat test.java
package root.mypkg;

class java {
    class any {
    }
}
novo35% java -version
java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-C, green threads, sunwjit)
novo35% javac test.java
test.java:3: Superclass root.mypkg.java. lang.Object of class root.mypkg.java not found.
class java {
      ^
test.java:4: Superclass root.mypkg.java. lang.Object of inner class root.mypkg.java. any not
found.
    class any {
          ^
2 errors
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Name: laC46010 Date: 01/28/99


   More investigation shows that javac doesn't compile
any top-level classes or interfaces named "java"
novo35% cat test.java
package any;
class java {}

novo35% javac test.java
test.java:3: Superclass any.java. lang.Object of class any.java not found.
class java {}
      ^
1 error
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william.maddox@Eng 1999-01-28