'java.lang.String' has no method

[Keith]

 From what I understand based on gcj e-mail and bug archives, I should 
not be seeing this error in 4.4.0,
so what am I doing wrong?

Keith

When I compile Reports.class (compiled with java 1.6.0_10) using gcj 
under MinGW
$ gcj -v
Using built-in specs.
Reading specs from c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.4.0/libgcj.spec
rename spec startfile to startfileorig
rename spec lib to liborig
Target: mingw32
Configured with: ../gcc-4.4.0/configure 
--enable-languages=c,ada,c++,fortran,jav
a,objc,obj-c++ --disable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-shared --enable-libgcj 
--enabl
e-libgomp --with-dwarf2 --disable-win32-registry 
--enable-libstdcxx-debug --enab
le-version-specific-runtime-libs --prefix=/mingw 
--with-gmp=/mingw/src/gmp/root
--with-mpfr=/mingw/src/mpfr/root --build=mingw32
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC)

with the command:
gcj 
--classpath="/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/pps.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/pentium.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.5.0.I20090603-2000.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86_3.5.0.v3550b.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.osgi_3.5.0.v20090520.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.jface_3.5.0.I20090525-2000.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.5.0.v20090520-1800.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.core.runtime_3.5.0.v20090525.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/org.eclipse.core.commands_3.5.0.I20090525-2000.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/mail.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/jRegistryKey.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/ArciMathEval.jar:/Croot/jprojects/pps/dist/lib/activation.jar" 
-Os -c -o obj/com_performanceplanningsystem_site_Reports.o 
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.class

I get:

com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java:892: error: class 
'java.lang.String' has no method named 'format' matching signature 
'(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;'
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java: In method 
'com.performanceplanningsystem.site.Reports.startPoint(com.performanceplanningsystem.site.SiteElement,com.performanceplanningsystem.site.SiteElement,java.util.ArrayList)':
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java:1329: error: class 
'java.lang.String' has no method named 'format' matching signature 
'(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;'
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java: In method 
'com.performanceplanningsystem.site.Reports.findShape(com.performanceplanningsystem.ui.PPS,java.util.Map)':
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java:2129: error: class 
'java.lang.String' has no method named 'format' matching signature 
'(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;'
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java: In method 
'com.performanceplanningsystem.site.Reports.greenReport(com.performanceplanningsystem.ui.PPS,java.util.Map)':
com/performanceplanningsystem/site/Reports.java:2519: error: class 
'java.lang.String' has no method named 'format' matching signature 
'(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;'

Code:
int reportCount = 0;
String nameString = "daily";
// resource is  {"report.filename.fmt", "report%1$d.txt"},
Line 829:
        String reportName = String.format(nameString + 
PPS.getPpsResources().getString("report.filename.fmt"), reportCount); 
//$NON-NLS-1$