Format string placeholder incompatible with passed argument (VA_FORMAT_STRING_BAD_ARGUMENT)

• http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/bugDescriptions.html#VA_FORMAT_STRING_BAD_CONVERSION

“The format string placeholder is incompatible with the corresponding argument. For example, System.out.printf(”%d\n“, “hello”); The %d placeholder requires a numeric argument, but a string value is passed instead. A runtime exception will occur when this statement is executed.” – 2013-12-02

If the format string passed to the printf() method is not compatible with the argument in printf() method, it should detect the error at compilation time instead of throwing run-time exception (which is currently done by IDE).

class Sample {
              public static void main(String[] args){     
              System.out.printf("%d\n","hello");
      
            }       
      }

It is possible to correct the code by replacing the format string with correct one as shown in following example

    class Sample {
              public static void main(String[] args){     
              System.out.printf("%s\n","hello");
      
            }       
      }

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