FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
xcelys@linux-2ld93h1:~/test> java -version
java version " 1.7.0-ea "
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b104)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.0-b05, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Desktop -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.6-24

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
testReadAllBytes.java:14: cannot find symbol
String strErr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));

produces systax error on linux, but not on windows.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
package test;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class testReadAllBytes {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {

String path = " /home/xcelys/test/testReadAllBytess.java " ;
String strErr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
System.out.println(strErr);

}

}


javac testReadAllBytes.java


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Clean compile
ACTUAL -
error message

1 error
xcelys@linux-2ld93h1:~/test> ./test.sh
testReadAllBytes.java:14: cannot find symbol
String strErr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
                                ^
  symbol: method readAllBytes(Path)
  location: class Files
1 error




ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
1 error
xcelys@linux-2ld93h1:~/test> ./test.sh
testReadAllBytes.java:14: cannot find symbol
String strErr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
                                ^
  symbol: method readAllBytes(Path)
  location: class Files
1 error


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
package test;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class testReadAllBytes {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {

String path = " /home/xcelys/test/testReadAllBytess.java " ;
String strErr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(path)));
System.out.println(strErr);

}

}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
None found.