[jdom-interest] FW: List types

[Steve Beech]

> Dear All,
> 
> I've just compiled the XMLProperties.java file (from Brett's Java and XML
> book) and get the following errors:
> 
> XMLProperties.java [48:1]
> loadFromElements(java.util.List,java.lang.StringBuffer) in XMLProperties
> cannot be applied to
> (com.sun.java.util.collections.List,java.lang.StringBuffer)
>             loadFromElements(doc.getRootElement().getChildren(),new
> StringBuffer(""));
>             ^
> XMLProperties.java [71:1]
> loadFromElements(java.util.List,java.lang.StringBuffer) in XMLProperties
> cannot be applied to
> (com.sun.java.util.collections.List,java.lang.StringBuffer)
>                 loadFromElements(current.getChildren(), baseName);
>                 ^
> 
> Can anybody tell me why I'm getting this and how to get around it. It's a
> problem I've had previously when dealing with config files.
> Thanks in advance.
> Steve