[Bluej-discuss] Book: Excercise 1.17

[Bruce Barton]

Matt,
 
Are you running Java Version 5.0 or the older 1.4.x version.
The older version does not recognize generics and will cause that error message.
 
Bruce Barton
Suffolk County Community College

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Subject: [Bluej-discuss] Book: Excercise 1.17


List,

I hope that this isn't a frivolous question that has been answered in the past or is due to a mistake on my part. I am trying to run the exercise 1.17 listed in the most recent edition of the "Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ." When I try to compile the Student class I receive the error: <identifier> expected 

What am I missing here?

Cheers,
Matt

Specifically the compiler hangs up on (see arrow):


public class LabClass
{
    private String instructor;
    private String room;
    private String timeAndDay; 
-->private List<Student> students;
    private int capacity;
    
    /**
     * Create a LabClass with a maximum number of enrolments. All other details 
     * are set to default values.
     */
    public LabClass(int maxNumberOfStudents)
    {
        instructor = "unknown";
        room = "unknown";
        timeAndDay = "unknown"; 
        students = new ArrayList<Student>();
        capacity = maxNumberOfStudents;
    }

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