FIX: Large String Literals Can Cause Compiler Errors (156921)

WORKAROUND

You can avoid having string literals that exceed 1000 characters by breaking your string literal into multiple lines and using the + (plus sign) operator to combine the strings.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

The following sample code generates one or more of the following errors:

test.java(2162720,1071) : error J0010: Syntax error

test.java(2162720,1072) : error J0014: Expected ')'

test.java(2359392,0) : error J0029: Invalid character

test.java(2752554,2752554) : fatal error J0001: Internal Compiler Error

// test.java
void test {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
   System.out.println("****************************************************
*************************************... for about 1500 characters");
  }
}

// workaround.java
void workaround {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    System.out.println("****************************************"+
       "********************************************************"+
       "**************************... for about 1500 characters");
  }

}

REFERENCES

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