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Georgii Prashcharuk
Georgii Prashcharuk

Reputation: 21

@com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull annotation

I try to use the @NotNull annotation from package com.sun.istack.internal.

I am using IDE Intellij IDEA Community Edition. when I build a program using IDE no problem. When I try to compile a file from the command line using javac, I get an error "cannot find symbol".

package ibkr;

import com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        test("Test");
    }

    public static void test(@NotNull String text) {
        System.out.println(text);
    }
}

I don't understand why i can't compile this code using javac and how Intellij IDEA make compilation and run it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8283

Answers (3)

Akhil Dad
Akhil Dad

Reputation: 1814

This is an annotation used to identify non-nullable values, also this will let static analyzer have their checks in place. In case you are using IntelliJ you can use its annotation but it would make it very tool-specific, same is the case for eclipse One can also you

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.sun.xml.bind/jaxb-impl

This provides the same non-null annotation but you need to add an extra dependency there.

Upvotes: 0

bernhards bernans
bernhards bernans

Reputation: 31

Ok i know this question is a bit old, but if my info is correct, the reason for this is the fact that intellij uses full rt.jar for compilation while javac uses incomplete version, because of ct.sym

Upvotes: 2

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 49656

The annotation is an internal class, it's not for public use. The closest alternative is Jetbrains' stuff:

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/nullable-and-notnull-annotations.html

Even if the class is in the classpath, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can safely refer to that class. The compiler can have some limitations upon accessing some classes/packages.

In most cases, as here, it's obvious whether the package is internal or not: com.sun.istack.internal. Oracle discourages developers from using classes from such packages.

Upvotes: 2

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