JavacTool will fail to work when trying to the compile the file which is not there.

Please see the following code:
<code>
import java.io.*;
import javax.tools.*;
public class Test2 {
    public static void test(String... args) {
        try{
            JavacTool javac = com.sun.tools.javac.Tool.create();
            DiagnosticListener dl = new DiagnosticListener() {
                public void problemFound(DiagnosticMessage message) {
                    System.out.println("Source Name :" + new File(message.getSourceName().toString()));
                    System.out.println("Start position :" + message.getStartPosition());
                    System.out.println("Position :" + message.getStartPosition());
                    System.out.println("End position :" + message.getEndPosition());
                    System.out.flush();
                }
            };
            PrintWriter writer = null;
            javac.run((InputLocator)null, null, dl, writer, args);
        }catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    public static void main(String... arg){
        try{
            Test1 test = new Test1();
            test.test("nofile.java");
        }catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
<\code>

Ouput of the code :

<output>
bash-2.05b$ $b/java Test2
__input:-1:-1:-1
error: cannot read: nofile.java
<\output>


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