Diamond operator(<>) not working in java 1.7

Question

I have the following error for compiling a jsp file:

\'<>\' operator is not allowed for source level below 1.7

I\'m using

Answer 1

I know it's been over 2 years since this thread was last active but in case someone is looking for an answer and the above checks don't solve it: it's because the compiler that your tomcat is running is older than 1.7. One way to solve this is to add this to tomcat/conf/web.xml:

  jsp
  org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet
  
      fork
      false
  
  
      xpoweredBy
      false
  
                                      
      compilerSourceVM
      1.7
  
  
      compilerTargetVM
      1.7
                                     
  3

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