title: Java type list is ambiguous?
body: <p>I am a programming enthusiast with a basic programming background, but I'm completely new to the Java programming language.</p>
  
  <p>I want to learn how a simple web crawler is built and I'm using this site to compile the source to see how it works and see it in action!
  <a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ThirdParty/WebCrawler/#demo">http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ThirdParty/WebCrawler/#demo</a></p>
  
  <p>The source provided by the website is here:
  <a href="http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ThirdParty/WebCrawler/WebCrawler.java">http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ThirdParty/WebCrawler/WebCrawler.java</a></p>
  
  <p>I am running eclipse 3.2 and using the sun-java-6 JRE to compile applets. I am running on Crunchbang, a Ubuntu distro. </p>
  
  <p>There is some part of the library that I am unfamiliar with and do not know how to fix.</p>
  
  <pre><code>List listmatches;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error says that "<code>The type List is ambiguous</code>".</p>
  
  <p>I have the package <code>java.utils.*;</code> but the error still persist.</p>
  
  <p>Is there something wrong with my syntax or is there a new syntax for <code>List</code>?</p>