JEL 477 Issue

[Jaikiran Pai]

 > import module java.base;
 >
 > main() {
 >
 >    println("Moose");
 >
 >}

It appears that you are missing a "void" return type before the main() 
method name. As noted in the JEP-477, it should be:

import module java.base;
void main() {
     println("Moose");
}

-Jaikiran

On 30/07/24 9:05 pm, omniprof at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I apologize for posting what is likely a trivial question that may be 
> inappropriate for this list but I cannot find anywhere in my searches 
> to explain what is going wrong. Simply put JEP 477 does not work in 
> the pre-release version of Java 23 on a Windows 11 PC. There is a lot 
> written that all show a similar example.
>
> **
>
> *>> Here is the program*
>
> import module java.base;
>
> main() {
>
>     println("Moose");
>
> }
>
> *>> Here is the version of Java I am running*
>
> C:\dev\Onramptesting\OnRamptest\src>java --version
>
> openjdk 23-ea 2024-09-17
>
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 23-ea+34-2361)
>
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23-ea+34-2361, mixed mode, sharing)
>
> *>> Here I run the code with all the required switches. The errors are 
> the same with or without Xlint*
>
> C:\dev\Onramptesting\OnRamptest\src>javac --enable-preview --source 23 
> -Xlint:preview Main.java
>
> Main.java:1: warning: [preview] module imports are a preview feature 
> and may be removed in a future release.
>
> import module java.base;
>
>        ^
>
> Main.java:3: error: class, interface, enum, or record expected
>
> main() {
>
> ^
>
> Main.java:5: error: class, interface, enum, or record expected
>
> }
>
> ^
>
> 2 errors
>
> 1 warning
>
> Note that I get the same results for –source 23 and –release 23
>
> Trying single file:
>
> java –enable-preview Main.java
>
> does not work as well.
>
> Same result using Console or PowerShell in Windows.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Ken Fogel
>
> omniprof at gmail.com
>
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