Any empty file is a valid source file. How come? How can it be a valid source file if I cannot compile it. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Jay
Manfred Leonhardt
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Hi Jay, An empty file can always be compiled. It will produce no errors because there is no code to generate any! An empty file, however will not generate a class file so it can not be exectued. Regards, Manfred.
Jay Kay
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Thanks Manfred.
Jay Kay
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One more doubt: So a source file is one which can be compiled but not be executed? Thanks. -Jay
Daniel Dunleavy
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Jay, you can execute a public class declared in a source file. The source file name must be classname.java Dan
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