[ERROR TEMPLATE] Java - Illegal character <character>

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Name	Type	Code	Language
Illegal character	Compile-time Error	java.lang.IllegalCharacterError	Java

Description

A character used is illegal within the context of the code.

Sample Code

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello, World!"+\uFEFF); // Error: Illegal character (BOM)
    }
}

Sample Error Message

Main.java:3: error: illegal character: '\ufeff'
        System.out.println("Hello, World!"+\uFEFF); // Error: Illegal character (BOM)
                                           ^
1 error

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