That fixed it. Thank you!
Brett Randall-2 wrote: > > The missing symbol method was added in Java 1.5. Maven defaults to source > level 1.4. Set your source/target to a minimum of 1.5 on the > maven-compiler-plugin, see > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html. > > Brett > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, SamadLotia > <samad_lo...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> >> Hello fellow Maven users, >> I have been trying to compile an OSGi project created using the PAX >> scripts. >> In the source file ConsoleTaskManager.java on line 15 I have written: >> >> System.out.println(java.lang.String.format("%s", "Why will not this >> compile?")); >> >> When I type "mvn install", I get the following error message: >> >> [INFO] [pax:compile] >> [INFO] Compiling 5 source files to >> /Users/slotia/src/csplugins-slotia/work-pir-api/target/classes >> [INFO] [recovering meta-data] >> [INFO] >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE >> [INFO] >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> [INFO] Compilation failure >> >> /Users/slotia/src/csplugins-slotia/work-pir-api/src/main/java/org/cytoscape/work/internal/ConsoleTaskManager.java:[15,41] >> cannot find symbol >> symbol : method format(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) >> location: class java.lang.String >> >> >> /Users/slotia/src/csplugins-slotia/work-pir-api/src/main/java/org/cytoscape/work/internal/ConsoleTaskManager.java:[15,41] >> cannot find symbol >> symbol : method format(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) >> location: class java.lang.String >> >> If I uncomment the offending line, the project compiles fine. I also >> wrote >> a >> 5-line class file with the offending line, and it compiles fine with >> javac. >> This suggests that there probably isn't a problem with the JDK. I have >> tried >> to clean the project, which deletes the target directory, delete the >> runner >> directory, and delete the .m2 directory, but it still does not compile. >> >> Here are some specs of my system: >> OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6 >> Java: 1.5.0_16-b06-284 32-bit >> Maven: 2.0.9 >> >> I am completely lost as to how to fix this. Any help would be greatly >> appreciated. Thank you. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-compile-simple-code-tp21412538p21412538.html >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-compile-simple-code-tp21412538p21414859.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
