Why can't I give different name to class than the file name?

Question

When i want to create a java class it is generating automatically a file with the same name of class.

But when it generate a class, it can change the file name different than class name.. Am i missing something?

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Answer 1

Because the language designers say so. It really is that simple. It's a convention and they force you to follow it.