javac error: Class names are only accepted if annotation processing is explicitly requested

Question

I get this error when I compile my java program:

error: Class names, 'EnumDevices', are only accepted if annotation 
processing is explicitly requested
1 error

Here is the java code (I'm running this on Ubuntu).

import jcuda.CUDA;    
import jcuda.driver.CUdevprop;    
import jcuda.driver.types.CUdevice;

public class EnumDevices {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
     CUDA cuda = new CUDA(true);    
        int count = cuda.getDeviceCount();

        System.out.println("Total number of devices: " + count);

        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {

          CUdevice dev = cuda.getDevice(i);
          String name = cuda.getDeviceName(dev);
          System.out.println("Name: " + name);
          int version[] = cuda.getDeviceComputeCapability(dev);

          System.out.println("Version: " + 
              String.format("%d.%d", version[0], version[1]));
          CUdevprop prop = cuda.getDeviceProperties(dev);
          System.out.println("Clock rate: " + prop.clockRate + " MHz");
          System.out.println("Threads per block: " + prop.maxThreadsPerBlock);
        }
    }
}

Here is the javac command:

javac -cp /home/manish.yadav/Desktop/JCuda-All-0.3.2-bin-linux-x86_64 EnumDevices

How do I compile this program?

Answer 1

You at least need to add the .java extension to the file name in this line:

javac -cp /home/manish.yadav/Desktop/JCuda-All-0.3.2-bin-linux-x86_64 EnumDevices

From the official faq:

Class names, 'HelloWorldApp', are only accepted if annotation processing is explicitly requested

If you receive this error, you forgot to include the .java suffix when compiling the program. Remember, the command is javac HelloWorldApp.java not javac HelloWorldApp.

Also, in your second javac-example, (in which you actually included .java) you need to include the all required .jar-files needed for compilation.

Answer 2

chandan@cmaster:~/More$ javac New.java
chandan@cmaster:~/More$ javac New
error: Class names, 'New', are only accepted if annotation processing is explicitly requested
1 error

So if you by mistake after compiling again use javac for running a program.

Answer 3

I was stumped by this too because I was including the .Java extension ... then I noticed the capital J.

This will also cause the "annotation processing" error:

javac myclass.Java 

Instead, it should be:

javac myclass.java 

Answer 4

Using javac ClassName.java to compile the program, then use java ClassName to execute the compiled code. You can't mix javac with the ClassName only (without the java extension).

Answer 5

The error "Class names are only accepted if annotation processing is explicitly requested" can be caused by one or more of the following:

1. Not using the .java extension for your java file when compiling.
2. Improper capitalization of the .java extension (i.e. .Java) when compiling.
3. Any other typo in the .java extension when compiling.
4. When compiling and running at the same time, forgetting to use '&&' to concatenate the two commands (i.e. javac Hangman.java java Hangman). It took me like 30 minutes to figure this out, which I noticed by running the compilation and the running the program separately, which of course worked perfectly fine.

This may not be the complete list of causes to this error, but these are the causes that I am aware of so far.

Answer 6

I learned that you also can get this error by storing the source file in a folder named Java

Answer 7

How you can reproduce this cryptic error on the Ubuntu terminal:

Put this in a file called Main.java:

public Main{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println("ok");
    }
}

Then compile it like this:

user@defiant /home/user $ javac Main
error: Class names, 'Main', are only accepted if 
annotation processing is explicitly requested
1 error

It's because you didn't specify .java at the end of Main.

Do it like this, and it works:

user@defiant /home/user $ javac Main.java
user@defiant /home/user $

Slap your forehead now and grumble that the error message is so cryptic.

Answer 8

Perhaps you may be compiling with file name instead of method name....Check once I too made the same mistake but I corrected it quickly .....#happy Coding