The type Collection is not generic; it cannot be parameterized with arguments <? extends E>

Question

I have a strange problem with Eclipse Galileo.
I set Java 1.6 as my JRE. On this line of code

List templates = new ArrayList ();

I see

Answer 1

Did you name your class list? i.e:

import java.util.*;

public class List {   // can't do this, name this something else.

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List l = new ArrayList();

    }

}