Can't see what's causing this Java syntax error

Question

I'm making a Java class in Eclipse Indigo for an Android project. (I'll be fleshing this class out with some 2D graphics eventually). I'm getting...

Syntax error, insert ";" to complete Statement

on the setBitmap call near the end - the compiler is putting the red line showing the error under the closing paren after 'bitmap'. This is the entire file . . .

package com.ag.testlayout;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.view.Window;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Point;
import android.view.View;
public class MyGraphicsView extends View {
 private Canvas canvas;
 private Bitmap bitmap;
 public MyGraphicsView(Context context) {
 super(context);
 }
 @Override
 protected void onSizeChanged(int curw, int curh, int oldw, int oldh) {
 if (bitmap != null) {
 bitmap.recycle();
 }
 canvas= new Canvas();
 bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(curw, curh, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
 canvas.setBitmap(bitmap);
  }
}

I looked for mismatched braces and parens and couldn't see any, but I hope the problem is obvious to someone here.

EDIT: Someone asked what happens if I delete that line. If I delete that line it moves the same error message up to the closing paren on the previous line, i.e., "_8888); "

• BlackHatSamurai: Have you tried to clean/build? I'm not getting the error when I paste code into my IDE.
• GhostCat: I agree with BlackHatSamurei; sometimes clean build helps. The other thing: have you tried to comment out the whole method, class, ... ?

Answer 1

I find that with issues like this, a simple clean > build will solve the issue.

• user316117: All of my builds are clean > builds
• BlackHatSamurai: @user316117 I'm saying rather than expecting the build to clean itself, go into clean and then do build. If you have an error, you won't be able to build, therefore, it won't clean.
• user316117: The Clean option in Eclipse (Project>Clean) automatically initiates a build. It says "Clean will discard all build problems and states. The projects will be rebuilt from scratch." That's how I do all my builds
• BlackHatSamurai: @user316117 I'm not able to reproduce. I copied the code from your OP and put it into my own IDE, and it all comes up fine. If cleaning doesn't fix it, you might try restarting your project since you don't have much done already.
• BlackHatSamurai: @user316117 You might also try restarting Eclipse.

Answer 2

My friend once told me of a prank where someone put a character that was either empty or looked like a semi-colon at the end of statement in order to mess with someone. If you delete the last line does it compile? If so, can you try retyping it out? You could have something silly like a non-displaying character there.

I took a look at your raw pasted code in your post. You have four stray characters after the last line where you see the error. Of ascii character 160. Try to delete all the whitespace after the second to last line the end }, including the } then retype the } to make sure you get it. If the code was from a copy and paste that should be the issue.

This is an ascii map of whats in your raw post. If you look near the end of the pasted code you can see what I mean.

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• Carlos Bribiescas: Does it compile without that line?
• user316117: @ Carlos Bribiescas if I comment-out that line it moves the error up to the closing paren on the previous line..."_8888);"
• Carlos Bribiescas: That tells me the error is likely after that line then.
• user316117: I found some non-printable characters embedded in the white space in front of the closing curly-brace for the onSizeChanged method. Those must be the same ones you noticed. I took those away and the problem vanished. So thank you! (Don't compilers or source-code editors know what's printable/displayable and what's not? Is there some way for the compiler to flag such characters?)