Compiler Error J0013

Expected '('

The compiler expected to find a left parenthesis in the position indicated by the error message. This error usually occurs when the left parenthesis is accidentally omitted in any of the following situations:

• Type initializations
  
  
• catch statements
  
  
• Parenthesized expressions
  
  
• while loops
  
  
• for loops
  
  
• if/else statements

The following example illustrates this error:

public class Simple {
   
   private int i;
   
   public void method1(int arg1, int arg2) {
   
      if arg1 < arg2) // error: '(' omitted
         i = arg1;
      else
         i = arg2;
   
   }
}