Hello and thank you for reading my post.
My problem is the following: I want to compile a Java source file with \"javac\" with this file being UTF-8 encoded with a BOM (
This isn't a problem with your text editor, it's a problem with javac ! The Unicode spec says BOM is optionnal in UTF-8, it doesn't say it's forbidden ! If a BOM can be there, then javac HAS to handle it, but it doesn't. Actually, using the BOM in UTF-8 files IS useful to distinguish an ANSI-coded file from an Unicode-coded file.
The proposed solution of removing the BOM is only a workaround and not the proper solution.
This bug report indicates that this "problem" will never be fixed : http://bugs.java.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4508058
Since this thread is in the top 2 google results for the "javac BOM" search, I'm leaving this here for future readers.