Missing Name After . Operation
Problem
While accessing a GWT/Java class using the JSNI interface from JavaScript, GWT reports an exception along the lines of 'missing name after . operation'.
This might also happen when using the automated Java à JavaScript API converter gwt-exporter.
Analysis
This problem is caused by invalid JavaScript statements. In particular, if any of the Java packages and sub-packages contain words, which are reserved words in JavaScript but not in Java, JavaScript will not be able to evaluate the line referencing the Java object.
For instance:
com.mycomp.export.User is invalid, since the package name 'export' is a reserved word in JavaScript.
Solution
Avoid package names, which equal reserved JavaScript words such as export, var, goto, …
Refactor your existing classes and move them to packages with names not including any JavaScript reserved words.
