Every developer who uses Java knows that Java bytecode runs in a JRE (Java Runtime Environment). The most ... take a look at it. This case is a summary of a real example that has occurred in development process. ... addUser() method seems to still exist, but if so, why does NoSuchMethodError occur? read more
Your question is a little unclear. You say if the compiler didn't stop you, what would happen. The compiler has to stop you because at compile time that method invocation is resolved to a symbol that needs to be looked up from the class declaring the method. read more
You will get a NoSuchMethodError (Java Platform SE 7 ) This scenario is more common than you expect. Usually, it happens whn you compile against one version of a library, but use a differrent version during runtime. read more
In this fairly common case, when the program does not do anything to handle the error, the JVM will terminate the program and exit. Ultimately, this is from the memory allocation, but not directly so. read more