cannot find symbol java.awt and java.util

Question

i'm using NB.the ide gives error that it cannot find symbol java.awt . tried running the same code in eclipse.it also gives same error. it gives the error cannot find symbol even on creation of new JFrame.

An error:

Try set JDK for project. This link helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4128256/change-jre-in-netbeans-project — Alex Chermenin, Sep 28 '16 at 18:48
@AlexChermenin i have tried the above solution but it still gives the same error — shardul, Sep 28 '16 at 19:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '16 at 15:19

A class named java obscures the package name java, see Java Language Specification 6.4.2:

A simple name may occur in contexts where it may potentially be interpreted as the name of a variable, a type, or a package. In these situations, the rules of §6.5 specify that a variable will be chosen in preference to a type, and that a type will be chosen in preference to a package. Thus, it is may sometimes be impossible to refer to a visible type or package declaration via its simple name. We say that such a declaration is obscured.

That means that within the package that contains the class java you will not be able to reference to classes from any of the java.* packages through qualified names.

However you could still import the classes you need and reference them by simple names:

import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.awt.EventQueue;

// within some method:
    Logger.getLogger(....);

cannot find symbol java.awt and java.util

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