Hello,

I'm trying to compile a simple Node class using Generics, but it won't
compile. I'm using Sun JDK 1.5.0 beta 1 on GNU/Linux (Gentoo Linux).

This is my code:

package datastructures;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;

/**
* @author Jo Vermeulen
*/
public class Node {
    public Node(char content) {
        this.children = new LinkedList<Node>();
        this.content = content;
    }
   
    public boolean hasChildWithContent(char c) {
        for (Node e: children) {
            if (c == e.getContent()) {
                return true;
            }
        }
       
        return false;
    }
   
    /**
    * @return Returns the children.
    */
    public LinkedList<Node> getChildren() {
        return children;
    }
   
    /**
    * @return Returns the content.
    */
    public char getContent() {
        return content;
    }
   
    /**
    * @param content The content to set.
    */
    public void setContent(char content) {
        this.content = content;
    }
   
    private LinkedList<Node> children;
    private char content;   
}

And these are the errors:

$ javac Node.java
Node.java:11: '(' or '[' expected
               this.children = new LinkedList<Node>();
                                             ^
Node.java:16: ';' expected
               for(Node e: children) {
                         ^
Node.java:23: illegal start of expression
       }
       ^
Node.java:28: <identifier> expected
       public LinkedList<Node> getChildren() {
                        ^
4 errors

Any ideas? According to the Generics tutorial on java.sun.com this should
compile :-s Do I have to use a commandline option for compiling generics
code?

Kind regards,