The returned-value type of Arrays.asList in Java [closed]

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The following line is copied directly from the documentation of the Arrays.asList() method:

List<String> stooges = Arrays.asList("Larry", "Moe", "Curly");

When trying this line in my code, I get the following compilation error:

The type List is not generic; it cannot be parameterized with arguments

My question is why?

To be more specific, how can this method return a List<String> object if List is not generic?

Answer 1

As has been suggested in the comments, the reason for the error is probably that you've imported the wrong List. What you wanted was a java.util.List which can take generics, whereas you've probably imported java.awt.List, which can't. Changing the import statement to bring in the correct type should solve the problem.