public class Karl {
    private static String nose( String is){
        return is;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(nose ("inferior"));
        // System.out.println(nose (1));                                                                          
    }
}


##</code><code>##

karls-mac-mini:java karl$ java Karl
inferior

##</code><code>##

karls-mac-mini:java karl$ javac Karl.java
Karl.java:7: error: incompatible types: int cannot be converted to String
        System.out.println(nose (1));
                                 ^
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output
1 error

##</code><code>##

// ./lib/java/Karl.java                                                                                           
class Karl {
    private Karl(){
    }
    public static String nose( String is){
        return is;
    }
}

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/env perl                                                                                               

use strict;
use warnings;
use Inline Java => q(./lib/java/Karl.java);
use feature qw(say);

my $is = q(inferior);
say Karl->nose($is);
say Karl->nose(1);

__END__

##</code><code>##

karls-mac-mini:java karl$ ./java.pl
inferior
1