Servlet exception in java

Question

I imported a java project(war file) to eclipse. When I tried to run it , I got following error :

java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
The type List is not generic; it cannot be parameterized with arguments <User>
Syntax error, parameterized types are only available if source level is 5.0

I tried to google it. I found that I have to change compliance settings. I changed the compiler compliance level to 5 but it did not solve the problem. Can anybody help me to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Check java version for your servlet container. You can check Java version in shell by typing

java -version

If its not 1.5+ point to relevant JDK of higher version..

Answer 2

That war is using 'generics' somewhere. and generics is only available with java 5 and above thats the error is saying

please check your java compiler level

Answer 3

http://firstclassthoughts.co.uk/java/tomcat_5_eclipse_source_1.5.html