import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.*

Question

I have a Java program when I compile it I get the following error

[javac] ...\\MyClass.java:33: package com.sun.image.codec.jpeg does not exist
[javac] impor         


        

Answer 1

I had this problem when compiling with JDK 7. Strange enough Eclipse did not show this error, only javac did. The answer can be found in this Stackoverflow answer: javac uses a special symbol table that does not include all Sun-proprietary classes, and suppliying -XDignore.symbol.file makes the problem go away.

Of course, a much better solution is to rewrite the code without using the proprietary classes, but to support JDK 7 quickly, this option works.