java - Character wants a zero arguments constructor -

i'm going crazy! isn't character constructor supposed e char argument?

why when try compile this, gives me compile error:

public class testclass {    public static void main(string[] args) {      char c = 'a';     character cobj = new character(c);   }  } 

the error is:

testclass.java:5: error: constructor character in class character cannot applied given types;     character cobj = new character(c);                  ^   required: no arguments   found: char   reason: actual , formal argument lists differ in length 1 error 

also, if try compile this:

public class testclass {    public static void main(string[] args) {      char c = 'a';     character cobj = character.valueof(c);   }  } 

i get:

testclass.java:5: error: cannot find symbol     character cobj = character.valueof(c);                           ^   symbol:   method valueof(char)   location: class character 1 error 

this happening on macos sierra 10.12.6 latest oracle java version "1.8.0_144".

if try compile same code on linux using openjdk 8, compiles should.

what missing?

since java supports boxing primitives wrapper class can do

character cobj = 'a'; 

or

char c = 'a'; character cobj = c; 

but eventhoe not necessary have work

char c = 'a'; character cobj = new character(c); 

be sure importing right class java.lang.character