error: type List does not take parameters

Question

I get the following error despite it's exactly one used in examples:

error: type List does not take parameters

List<String> strings_wat = new ArrayList<String>();

Java is version 1.7 and the class is NOT named ArrayList.

Answer 1

You are likely importing java.awt.List.

You should instead import java.util.List, which is a parameterized type.