Error in generics

[Naresh Chaurasia]

I am using java 1.5.0_15. I have a following piece of java code in eclipse

Collection daos;
...
...
Iterator i = daos.iterator();

The line Iterator i = daos.iterator(); is giving error The type Iterator is not generic; it cannot be parameterized with arguments <E>.
I have checked the java build path in eclipse. It is jre 1.5.0_15.

What could be the possible reason for this problem?

[David O'Meara]

check the project properties and see what the compiler compliance level is, it could still be set to to compatible with an earlier Java version

[Campbell Ritchie]

Why have you got a JRE rather than a JDK in your build path?

[Rob Spoor]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Why have you got a JRE rather than a JDK in your build path?

Eclipse doesn't need a JDK. It comes with its own compiler. All it needs is a JRE, and that's only to load the classes from (rt.jar etc).

[Campbell Ritchie]

Thank you, Rob.

[Rob Spoor]

You're welcome.