Program won't compile

[Gary Redmond]

I am writing a program to store stuff to xml using the storeToXML method
but I can;t get it to compile here it is; any ideas?


import java.io.*;

import java.util.*;

public class XmlWrite {

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

try {

Properties props = new Properties();

props.setProper ty("something" , "bla");

props.setProper ty("stuff", "brown and black");

props.setProper ty("morestuff" , "me");

props.setProper ty("enablepassw ord", "yes");

props.setProper ty("answer", "null");

String OperatingSystem = System.getPrope rty("user.home" ) +"\\";
FileOutputStrea m xmlwrite =
new FileOutputStrea m(OperatingSyst em + "config.xml ");

props.java.util .Properties.sto reToXML(xmlwrit e, "config");

xmlwrite.close( );
}

// if writing to the specified output stream results in an
IOException

catch (IOException e) {

//Print system error

System.err.prin tln("An Error Occured While Writing To The
File");
}

// if os is null.

catch (NullPointerExc eption e) {

//Print system error

System.err.prin tln("OS Value is Null");

}

}

}

[Alex Molochnikov]

1. "props.java.uti l.Properties.st oreToXML(xmlwri te, "config")" does not make
any sense - not to the compiler, not to myself.

2. NullPointerExce ption should never be caught. Instead, your code should
check for null values and _prevent_ the NPE from ever happening.

3. If you ask for help in debugging code, provide the full list of the
compiler errors, as generated by the compiler. Just saying "is does not
compile" won't get you any help.

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I am writing a program to store stuff to xml using the storeToXML method
but I can;t get it to compile here it is; any ideas?


import java.io.*;

import java.util.*;

public class XmlWrite {

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

try {

Properties props = new Properties();

props.setProper ty("something" , "bla");

props.setProper ty("stuff", "brown and black");

props.setProper ty("morestuff" , "me");

props.setProper ty("enablepassw ord", "yes");

props.setProper ty("answer", "null");

String OperatingSystem = System.getPrope rty("user.home" ) +"\\";

FileOutputStrea m xmlwrite =
new FileOutputStrea m(OperatingSyst em + "config.xml ");

props.java.util .Properties.sto reToXML(xmlwrit e, "config");

xmlwrite.close( );
}

// if writing to the specified output stream results in an
IOException

catch (IOException e) {

//Print system error

System.err.prin tln("An Error Occured While Writing To The
File");
}

// if os is null.

catch (NullPointerExc eption e) {

//Print system error

System.err.prin tln("OS Value is Null");

}

}

}

[ninhoa]

storeToXML is Java 5.0. You have to compile it with -source 1.5 (I think).