required java.util.ArrayList,found java.lang.Object : I do not understand the reason for this error

Question

Following are some snippets from a jsp page:

<%! ArrayList songList = new ArrayList(); %>

    <%
        songList = StoreSongLink.linkLis         


        

Answer 1

Your iteration is wrong in

for (ArrayList<String> list : songList){}

songList contains the list of String elements not the list of ArrayList<String>

so you need to iterate this way for (Object song: songList){}

or

ArrayList<String> songList = new ArrayList<String>();
for (String song: songList){}