Question

I am encountering an issue compiling a source file with a special character in the class name. The class file compiles fine in the Eclipse IDE, but not from javac. I believe I need to leverage the -encoding flag, but haven’t hit the right setting yet. I would appreciate any pointers:

File Name: DeptView和SDO.java

Java Source:

public interface DeptView\u548cSDO {

   public int getDeptno();

   public void setDeptno(int value);

}

Error Message:

Running javac *.java results in the following error message:

javac: file not found: DeptView?SDO.java

UPDATE

• I am currently trying the compile at a Windows XP command prompt
• Ultimately this compile will need to be part of an ant build, an run on different operating systems
• I work on the tool that is producing this generated source file.

Answer 1

One solution is to list the file name of each compilation unit in a separate file, say files, and pass @files as a command-line argument to javac. Otherwise, you will have to set the locale of your shell, so that it is using the correct character encoding.