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

Some ideas:

• check the JRE library being used in your project (check the package explorer).
• check the installed JREs in the eclipse settings (same as used by ant).
• comment out the line just to check if it really is the error cause.
• retype the whole line from scratch.
• install a new (clean) version of eclipse, in a new folder (testing).