extending linked list return issue

Question

I'm trying to extend the LinkedList class but i'm getting a strange error, whenever i try to add an accessor class that returns a string i get the error

found : java.lang.String required: String

I cant work out why this is happening. (I'm pretty new to linked lists and java in general, be nice :) )

import java.util.*;
public class MyLinkedList<String> extends LinkedList<String>
{
   private int count;     //for future use

   public void MyLinkedList()
   {
      count = 0;
   }

   public boolean add(String s)
   {
     boolean x =  super.add(s); 
     count++;
     return x;

   }


   public String toString()
   {
      return("test");
   }


}

Answer 1

Change your declaration to

public class MyLinkedList extends LinkedList<String>

By adding <String> to your MyLinkedList class name you create a new type parameter whose name shadows the real class String.