Re: Identifier expected but I have identifier, please help

From:
Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@epenguin.zzn.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:21:05 GMT
Message-ID:
<ljDMh.7417$YD.954@trnddc06>
phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:

On Mar 22, 1:23 pm, Nobody Special <happypos...@hotmail.com> wrote:

"phillip.s.pow...@gmail.com" <phillip.s.pow...@gmail.com> wrote:

You are using a reserved word "class" for a variable name in your
createImageIcon method. Change the name to "aClass" or something
similar as shown and it will compile.


It didn't compile, I got the "Cannot find symbol: Class T" error

/*
* IconHandler.java
*
* Created on March 22, 2007, 11:57 AM
*
* To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
* and open the template in the editor.
*/
package com.ppowell.tools.imagetools;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
/**
*
* @author ppowell-c
*/
public class IconHandler {
   /** Creates a new instance of IconHandler */
   public IconHandler() {}
  // protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path, Class<T> class) {

    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path, Class<T>
aClass) {

// URL imgURL = class.getResource(path);

   URL imgURL = aClass.getResource(path);

       if (imgURL != null) {
           return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
       } else {
           System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
           return null;
       }
   }
}


Try changing Class<T> to Class<?>.

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