“remove type argument” while reading from excel file in java

Question

I'm trying to read from an excel file in my java code (IDE is eclipse). My code is attached below. In the line which Iterator is declared i face this error: The type HTMLDocument.Iterator is not generic; it cannot be parameterized with argument . and offers me to "remove type argument." I don't know what the problem is. I have downloaded necessary jar files and added them to my class path but it didn't help.

public static void readMapReduceTasksfromFile(String fileAddress) throws FileNotFoundException
{
    try
    {   

        FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("...directory...");

        HSSFWorkbook workBook = new HSSFWorkbook();

        HSSFSheet sheet = workBook.createSheet();


        Iterator <Row> rowIterator = sheet.iterator();//HERE


        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
           System.out.println("File Not Found");
        }

   }

Answer 1

Your problem lies in an area of your code, which you have not posted: the import statements. You need to import java.util.Iterator . Instead it seems like you have imported javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument.HTMLDocument.Iterator .

Remove the erroneous import statement and use the "organize import" function in eclipse, this time make sure to choose java.util.Iterator .