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Java

Posted by abdijabar sambul
abdijabar sambul
1,063 Points

Iam not able to use jshell to create any interface i.e Map,Set or List, please help

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Feb 16, 2018 11:18:20 AM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$1 run
INFO: Created user preferences directory.
| Welcome to JShell -- Version 9
| For an introduction type: /help intro

jshell> Map<String,String> veg = new HashMap<String,String>();
| Error:
| cannot find symbol
| symbol: class Map
| Map<String,String> veg = new HashMap<String,String>();
| ^-^
| Error:
| cannot find symbol
| symbol: class HashMap
| Map<String,String> veg = new HashMap<String,String>();
| ^-----^

2 Answers

Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points
Yanuar Prakoso
Yanuar Prakoso
15,196 Points

Hi there...

You need to import Map and HashMap first from java.util

Here is how you should do it:

jshell> import java.util.Map;

jshell> import java.util.HashMap;

jshell> Map<String, String> veg = new HashMap<>();

veg ==> {}

jshell>

I hope this can help

abdijabar sambul
abdijabar sambul
1,063 Points
abdijabar sambul
abdijabar sambul
1,063 Points

thanks allot