reference to List(interface) is ambiguous

[yuqing ma]

code:

//: c11:Collection1.java
// Things you can do with all Collections.
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
import com.bruceeckel.simpletest.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.bruceeckel.util.*;

public class Collection1 {
private static Test monitor = new Test();
public static void main(String[] args) {
Collection c = new ArrayList();
Collections2.fill(c, Collections2.countries, 5);
c.add("ten");
c.add("eleven");
System.out.println(c);
// Make an array from the List:
Object[] array = c.toArray();
// Make a String array from the List:
String[] str = (String[])c.toArray(new String[1]);
// Find max and min elements; this means
// different things depending on the way
// the Comparable interface is implemented:
System.out.println("Collections.max(c) = " +
Collections.max(c));
System.out.println("Collections.min(c) = " +
Collections.min(c));
// Add a Collection to another Collection
Collection c2 = new ArrayList();
Collections2.fill(c2, Collections2.countries, 5);
c.addAll(c2);
System.out.println(c);
c.remove(CountryCapitals.pairs[0][0]);
System.out.println(c);
c.remove(CountryCapitals.pairs[1][0]);
System.out.println(c);
// Remove all components that are
// in the argument collection:
c.removeAll(c2);
System.out.println(c);
c.addAll(c2);
System.out.println(c);
// Is an element in this Collection?
String val = CountryCapitals.pairs[3][0];
System.out.println("c.contains(" + val + ") = "
+ c.contains(val));
// Is a Collection in this Collection?
System.out.println(
"c.containsAll(c2) = " + c.containsAll(c2));
Collection c3 = ((List)c).subList(3, 5);
// Keep all the elements that are in both
// c2 and c3 (an intersection of sets):
c2.retainAll(c3);
System.out.println(c);
// Throw away all the elements
// in c2 that also appear in c3:
c2.removeAll(c3);
System.out.println("c.isEmpty() = " + c.isEmpty());
c = new ArrayList();
Collections2.fill(c, Collections2.countries, 5);
System.out.println(c);
c.clear(); // Remove all elements
System.out.println("after c.clear():");
System.out.println(c);
monitor.expect(new String[] {
"[ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, " +
"ten, eleven]",
"Collections.max(c) = ten",
"Collections.min(c) = ALGERIA",
"[ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, " +
"ten, eleven, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, " +
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD]",
"[ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, ten, " +
"eleven, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, " +
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD]",
"[BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, ten, eleven, " +
"BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, " +
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD]",
"[BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, ten, eleven]",
"[BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, ten, eleven, " +
"BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, " +
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD]",
"c.contains(BOTSWANA) = true",
"c.containsAll(c2) = true",
"[BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, ten, eleven, " +
"BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, " +
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD]",
"c.isEmpty() = false",
"[COMOROS, CONGO, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, " +
"EQUATORIAL GUINEA]",
"after c.clear():",
"[]"
});
}
} ///:~
---------- Java Compile ----------
Collection1.java:50: reference to List is ambiguous, both class com.bruceeckel.util.List in com.bruceeckel.util and class java.util.List in java.util match
Collection c3 = ((List)c).subList(3, 5);
^
Collection1.java:50: cannot find symbol
symbol : method subList(int,int)
location: class com.bruceeckel.util.List
Collection c3 = ((List)c).subList(3, 5);
^
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
2 errors
Normal Termination

I don't find List.java or List.class in the package Of com\bruceeckel\util(windows system),please all help me ,thanks in advance.

[Peter Chase]

Best practice is not to use wildcard (*) imports. If you always import each class explicitly, you will not have these problems.

[yuqing ma]

I see,thank you,Peter Chase.