Maybe you should try to use JDK 6
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think/hope that this should be a fairly simple issue to resolve... :)
>
> I am trying to get into Restlet, and its slow work. I have been going
> through
> the tutorials and trying out the example code and I've hit a piece of code
> that
> I can't compile.
>
> It is in Section 3:
>
> > // Creating a minimal Restlet returning "Hello World"
> > Restlet restlet = new Restlet() {
> > @Override
> > public void handle(Request request, Response response) {
> > response.setEntity("Hello World!", MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
> > }
> > };
>
> I am new to Java and can only assume this 'new' instantiation syntax creates
> an inline subclass with the 'handle(..)' method overridden. I've have
> knocked up some simple test code and found that you cannot define new
> methods, but you can override existing ones in this manner.
>
> It also seems that the Override annotation is unnecessary, it simply
> generates a compiler error if the method doesn't infact override a method in
> the super class.
>
> THE PROBLEM:
> In the above example, I get the following error with the Override notation:
>
> com\firstStepsServlet\SimpleRestlet.java:22:
> method does not override or implement a method from a supertype
> @Override
> ^
>
> The error message does not seem correct though, as I can create a new class
> that extends the Restlet class that overrides this method and uses the
> Override notation, and does not generate this error. It also executes
> correctly.
>
> Any help with this would be appreciated as it seems that the tutorials
> continue to use this form of syntax.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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Cheers,
Keke
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