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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>>> Here is the program<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>import module java.base;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>main() {<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> println("Moose");<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>>> Here is the version of Java I am running<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\dev\Onramptesting\OnRamptest\src>java --version<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>openjdk 23-ea 2024-09-17<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 23-ea+34-2361)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23-ea+34-2361, mixed mode, sharing)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>>> Here I run the code with all the required switches. The errors are the same with or without Xlint<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\dev\Onramptesting\OnRamptest\src>javac --enable-preview --source 23 -Xlint:preview Main.java<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Main.java:1: warning: [preview] module imports are a preview feature and may be removed in a future release.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>import module java.base;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ^<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Main.java:3: error: class, interface, enum, or record expected<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>main() {<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>^<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Main.java:5: error: class, interface, enum, or record expected<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>^<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2 errors<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1 warning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that I get the same results for –source 23 and –release 23<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trying single file:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>java –enable-preview Main.java<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>does not work as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Same result using Console or PowerShell in Windows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What am I doing wrong? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken Fogel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:omniprof@gmail.com">omniprof@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>