bazel build --javacopt='-extra_checks:off' doesnot work

[Krish Narukulla]

Hi Team,

I have got build error while building java source using bazel version 4.0.

Error:

.java:1957: error: non-static method printToString(Message) cannot be referenced from a static context
      eventStr = JsonFormat.printToString(proto);

I would like disable java checks for the java code, tried with extra_checks:off. But option is not available.

Error:

ar -jar ... (remaining 3 argument(s) skipped)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid flag: -extra_checks
        at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Arguments.error(Arguments.java:917)
        at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Arguments.doProcessArgs(Argumen