Anyone else having problems with the 1.5 beta?

From: Jim (jkorman_at_alltel.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 04:34:19 GMT

I have tried the following code

import java.util.*;
public class FirstTest {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      ArrayList<String> a = new ArrayList<String>();
      a.add("I");
      a.add("hope");
      a.add("that");
      a.add("this");
      a.add("works");
      for (String s : a) { System.out.println(s); }
   }
}

and get the following errors from the compiler

C:\JavaSource\Java_1.5>javac FirstTest.java
FirstTest.java:8: '(' or '[' expected
      ArrayList<String> a = new ArrayList<String>();
                                          ^
FirstTest.java:16: ';' expected
      for (String s : a)
                    ^
FirstTest.java:20: illegal start of expression
   }
   ^
3 errors

*******************
I was going to post the above problem, then found the
solution. Just to pass on the above code seems to
want

C:\JavaSource\Java_1.5>javac -source 1.5 FirstTest.java

Then it compiles and runs fine.

?? Is there an environment variable that needs to be set??

Jim

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